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original descriptionWilliams, G.C.; Alderslade, P. (1999). Revisionary systematics of the Western Pacific soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae), with descriptions of a related new genus and species from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(7): 337–364.[details]
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additional sourceWilliams, G.C.; Little, S.A. (2001). A new species of the soft coral genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(16): 195-208. page(s): 202 [details]
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status sourceMcFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online athttps://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735 page(s): 31 [details]
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