Bryozoa on disarticulated bivalve shells from Todos os Santos Bay, northeastern Brazil, with the description of two new species
Author
Almeida, Ana C. S.
Author
Souza, Facelucia B. C.
Author
Farias, Jamile
Author
Alves, Orane F. S.
Author
Vieira, Leandro M.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-18
4434
3
401
428
journal article
29876
10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.1
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Celleporaria mordax
(
Marcus, 1937a
)
(
Fig. 4A, B
;
Table 5
)
Holoporella mordax
MARCUS, 1937A: P. 123, PL. 24, fIg. 65A–F.
Celleporaria mordax
:
WINSTON
et al
., 2014
: P. 195, fIg. 36 (CUM SYN.).
Material examined.
UFBA
1639,
UFBA
1655,
UFBA
3321,
UFBA
3322, on
valves
of
Pinctada imbricata
.
Description.
Colony encrusting (
Fig. 4A
), unilaminar. Autozooids irregularly shaped, surrounded by few large marginal pores. Frontal wall imperforate, rough, with small nodules. Primary orifice (
Fig. 4B
) D-shaped, with a small, U-shaped sinus (occasionally with two indentations); 2–4 oral spines. Suboral avicularium small, elliptical, rostrum serrated, obliquely oriented within the peristome. Interzooidal avicularium large, spatulate, with beak-like rostrum and complete crossbar. Ovicell not observed.
Remarks.
This species is frequently found subtidally on hard substrata in southeastern
Brazil
(
Winston
et al
. 2014
). This is the first record of
C. mordax
from northeastern
Brazil
.
Distribution.
Western
Atlantic:
Brazil
(
Bahia
,
Rio de Janeiro
and
São Paulo
) (
Winston
et al
. 2014
; present study).