New Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) from NE Atlantic seamounts, islands, and the continental slope: evidence for deep-sea endemism Author Berning, Björn 30D7D0DB-F379-4006-B727-E75A0720BD93 Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen, 4060 Leonding, Austria. & CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, 9501 - 801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 30 D 7 D 0 DB-F 379 - 4006 - B 727 - E 75 A 0720 BD 93 & Corresponding author: b. berning @ landesmuseum. at b.berning@landesmuseum.at Author Harmelin, Jean-Georges D11AE07A-CFD9-41EE-B3F9-6E0472150300 Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, OSU Pytheas, Station Marine d’Endoume, 13007 Marseille, France. & Email: jean-georges. harmelin @ univ-amu. fr & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: D 11 AE 07 A-CFD 9 - 41 EE-B 3 F 9 - 6 E 0472150300 Author Bader, Beate AA3BCFDC-524D-4648-9268-F0F1C94B9A68 Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, 24118 Kiel, Germany. & Email: bbader @ online. no & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: AA 3 BCFDC- 524 D- 4648 - 9268 - F 0 F 1 C 94 B 9 A 68 bbader@online.no text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-08-31 347 1 51 journal article 22061 10.5852/ejt.2017.347 6f1a06d8-dbae-462e-8415-0cb51016c64a 2118-9773 3832630 41385EAB-F391-468D-89CA-F7A574F820AB Calvetopora sp. Fig. 15 A–B, Table 15 Material examined GREAT METEOR BANK : 1 small and bioeroded colony fragment free of a substrate, mounted on stub and sputter-coated, Stn 22 ( OLL 2016/155); 2 small and bioeroded colony fragments free of a substrate, mounted on stub and sputter-coated, Stn 22 ( OLL 2016/156); 1 small colony fragment free of a substrate, mounted on stub and sputter-coated, Stn 20, ( OLL 2016/157); 3 small and bioeroded colony fragments free of a substrate, mounted on stub and sputter-coated, Stn 22 ( OLL 2016/158). Remarks The examined specimens are very closely related to C. otapostasis gen. et sp. nov. , yet differ in having smaller zooids, orifices and avicularia. Moreover, the orifice margin bears six (rarely five) spines, and the avicularia are more laterally directed ( Fig. 15B ). The available material, which comprises only a few small and bioeroded fragments lacking ovicells, and which were found in sediment samples, is insufficient in order to unambiguously determine whether it belongs to C. otapostasis gen. et sp. nov. or should rather be ascribed to another new species. Considering the geographic distance between Atlantis Smt and the Great Meteor Bank, however, we here treat C. otapostasis gen. et sp. nov. and Calvetopora sp. as distinct species. The specimens were found on the Great Meteor Bank at depths between 403 and 476 m .