Michael P. Janes
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Janes, McFadden & Chanmethakul, 2014
Very special thanks for the first photos of
Ovabunda andamanensis to Michael P. Janes, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Ovabunda andamanensis is a genus of soft corals in the Xeniidae family and was collected along the eastern coast of Phuket Island, Thailand.
Colonies occur in low abundance, spaced 1-2 meters apart on small ledges of vertical walls growing among sea fans, corallimorpharians, and Dendronephthya sp. soft corals in a depth of 10 meters.
Living colonies exhibit tan colored stalks; white polyp bodies and tentacles, and pinkish pinnules.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Xeniidae (Family) > Ovabunda (Genus) > Ovabunda andamanensis (Species)
Very special thanks for the first photos of
Ovabunda andamanensis to Michael P. Janes, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Ovabunda andamanensis is a genus of soft corals in the Xeniidae family and was collected along the eastern coast of Phuket Island, Thailand.
Colonies occur in low abundance, spaced 1-2 meters apart on small ledges of vertical walls growing among sea fans, corallimorpharians, and Dendronephthya sp. soft corals in a depth of 10 meters.
Living colonies exhibit tan colored stalks; white polyp bodies and tentacles, and pinkish pinnules.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Xeniidae (Family) > Ovabunda (Genus) > Ovabunda andamanensis (Species)
