Adriatic species of Schizomavella (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) |
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| Authors: | Oscar Reverter-Gil Javier Souto Maja Novosel Kevin J Tilbrook |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spainoscar.reverter@usc.es;3. Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain;4. Institut für Pal?ontologie, Fakult?t für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, Geozentrum, Universit?t Wien, Wien, Austria;5. Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;6. Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, material belonging to the genus Schizomavella, collected along the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, is revised. Nine species were identified, including five species new to science: S. cornuta, S. halimedae, S. linearis, S. mamillata, S. adriatica sp. nov.,S. mystacea sp. nov., S. rosae sp. nov., S. stanislavi sp. nov. and S. tubulata sp. nov. Previous records of Schizomavella from the Adriatic are also discussed. The checklist of Adriatic Schizomavella species is updated to 11 species; a further two species are doubtful owing to wrong previous identifications. The presence of a calcified ‘hood’ covering the opesia of the suboral avicularium is described and its function is discussed. The morphological diversity of ovicells within the genus Schizomavella is compiled and discussed. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:987D8AE0-1E02-430D-9AB5-50B77BEAF52E |
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| Keywords: | Bitectiporidae new species ovicell avicularium Atlantic Mediterranean |
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