Two new species of heavily calcified cyclostome bryozoans from the intertidal of Akkeshi Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Autor: Andrei V. Grischenko, Paul D. Taylor
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Natural History. 49:1763-1775
ISSN: 1464-5262
0022-2933
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006287
Popis: Cyclostome bryozoans are relatively uncommon in intertidal habitats, where they are subordinate to cheilostomes and ctenostomes. Those that do occur tend to have small colonies that are relatively weakly calcified. Here we describe two new species of intertidal cyclostomes from Akkeshi Bay in northern Japan that are unusual in having large, heavily calcified colonies. One of these – Favosipora ainui sp. nov. – is the first species of this genus recorded from Japan. The second species – Disporella ezoensis sp. nov. – although belonging to a genus well known from Japan and elsewhere globally, is unusual for Disporella in possessing colonies that are vivid red in colour.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:995903E6-9C07-436A-B788-29BDE2FD5A88
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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