Title: Taxonomic revision of some lepraliomorph cheilostome bryozoans (Bryozoa: Lepraliomorpha) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Abstract: Abstract Lepraliomorph-grade ascophorans are the dominant group of bryozoans in most modern faunas. Here we describe five new species (Parasmittina alba sp. nov., Microporella proxima sp. nov., Reteporella antennata sp. nov., Stephanollona robustaspinosa sp. nov. and Turritigera buski sp. nov.) and record an additional five lepraliomorph species [Watersipora subovoidea (d'Orbigny, 1852 d'Orbigny, A. 1852. Recherches zoologiques sur la classe des Mollusques Bryozoaires. Ann Sci Nat Zool., 3(17): 273–348. [Google Scholar]), Schizoporella errata (Waters, 1878 Waters, AW. 1878. Bryozoa (Polyzoa) from the Pliocene of Bruccoli (Sicily). Trans Manchester Geol Soc., 14: 465–488. [Google Scholar]), Arthropoma cecilii (Audouin, 1826 Audouin, JV. 1826. "Explication sommaire des planches de l'Égypte et de la Syrie". In Description de l'Égypte, Edited by: SAVIGNY, J.C. Vol. 1, 225–244. Paris: Histoire Naturelle. (4) [Google Scholar]), Celleporina diota (Marcus, 1938 Marcus, E. 1938. Briozoários marinhos brasileiros II. Bol Fac Fil, Zool., 2: 1–138. [Google Scholar]) and Reteporellina evelinae Marcus, 1955 Marcus, E. 1955. Notas sobre Briozoos Marinhos Brasileiros. Arq Mus Nac., 42: 273–324. [Google Scholar]] from the coastal waters off Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil. This increases the biodiversity of the bryozoan fauna from Brazil, and the number of species known from Rio de Janeiro State now totals 79. Keywords: BryozoaLepraliomorphataxonomyBrazilSouth Atlantic Acknowledgements Thanks are due to: the Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira and David C. Savi for collection of samples during the REVIZEE Program Pesca; Mary Spencer-Jones for help with the recent bryozoan collections at the NHM, London; Prof. John Ryland and Dr Joshua Mackie for information about Watersipora species; and Drs Peter Hayward and John Ryland for figure 4F. Comments from the referees helped in improving the final manuscript; and PETROBRAS provided a scholarship for L.V.R. Financial support was given to the Laboratório de Biologia de Porifera by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ).
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-03-28
Language: en
Type: article
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