Redescription of some species of Bryozoa described by J. Jullien and L. Calvet in the NE Atlantic
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Reverter-Gil, Oscar
Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. & Corresponding author: oscar. reverter @ usc. es & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 001 DFC 48 - 0 F 01 - 43 AF- 90 EC- 452 BE 6954 DDF
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Souto, Javier
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Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. & Institut für Paläontologie, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, Geozentrum, Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria. & Email: javier. souto @ usc. es & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 14 FC 8 A 9 - 40 B 5 - 4 BF 6 - 8551 - 3 F 2 A 1 D 991463
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-11-30
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Pulpeirina amoena
(
Jullien & Calvet, 1903
)
comb. nov.
Figs 1
A–E, 2A–E, 3A–E;
Table 1
Hippothoa amoena
Jullien & Calvet, 1903: 88
, pl. 10, fig. 9.
Schizoporella jullieni
Calvet
in
Jullien & Calvet, 1903: 142
, pl. 17, figs 1a–b.
?
Smittia guernei
Jullien & Calvet, 1903: 103
pars
.
?
Hippothoa amaena
–
Calvet 1907: 424
. —
d’Hondt, 1975: 579
.
Material examined
Lectotype
of
Hippothoa amoena
(here designated)
AZORES:
Hirondelle
st. 247, Pico Island,
38º24’ N
,
28º01’26’’ W
,
30 Aug.
1888
, 318 m (
MOM
INV-
22578).
Paralectotypes
of
Hippothoa amoena
AZORES:
Hirondelle
st. 226, Pico-Faial Channel,
38º31’19’’ N
,
28º34’31’’ W
,
14 Aug.
1888
, 130 m (
MOM
INV-
22579,
MOM
INV-
22581).
Lectotype
of
Schizoporella jullieni
(here designated)
AZORES:
Hirondelle
st. 226, Pico-Faial Channel,
38º31’19’’ N
,
28º34’31’’ W
,
14 Aug.
1888
, 130 m (
MOM
INV-
22502).
Paralectotypes
of
Schizoporella jullieni
AZORES: same data as
lectotype
, several small fragments covered with glue (
MOM
INV-
22523); same data as
lectotype
, an encrusting colony, together with
Chorizopora
sp. and
Hippothoa
sp. (
MOM
INV-
22524).
Other material examined
SPAIN
:
Hirondelle
st. 56,
43°38’30’’ N
,
6°08’16’’ W
, N Iberian Peninsula,
4 Aug. 1886
, 90 m, Jullien coll., originally labeled as “
Smittia deguernei
J. Jullien
” (
MOM
INV-
22580).
Fig. 1.
Lectotype of
Hippothoa amoena
Jullien & Calvet, 1903
(MOM INV-22578).
A
. Some autozooids.
B
. Group of irregular kenozooids.
C
. Primary orifice.
D
. Ovicell.
E
. Distal dietella.
Description
Colony encrusting, unilaminar.Autozooids oval to hexagonal, only slightly convex, separated by shallow grooves. Frontal wall smooth, translucent in young zooids, marked with slight transversal undulations; perforated by numerous, evenly spaced, small pseudopores rimmed in surface, prolongated in oblique tubules. One to several rows of pores distal to zooidal orifice. Pores joined by short tubules, visible in transparent walls, forming somewhat radial series running to margins of zooid. Orifice cleithridiate, not terminal; anter transversely oval, surrounded by thin rim; separated from shallow, concave poster by short, pointed condyles and pair of small notches. Edge of poster formed by pair of presumed vestigial costae fused in saggital plane, leaving small central pore and narrow slit. Spines absent. Communication via small, basal pore chambers. Ovicells terminal, prominent, cleithral. Large ooecium formed by distal kenozooid with no visible frontal part (
Ostrovsky
et al
. 2009
;
Ostrovsky 2013
). Ectooecium smooth, evenly perforated by small pseudopores prolongated in tubules, with small central umbo and sometimes growth lines. Ovicell aperture dimorphic, larger than in infertile autozooids, formed by proximal border of ooecium and poster of zooidal orifice; closed by zooidal operculum. Small, irregularly shaped kenozooids (without any orifice) may be present filling small spaces between autozooids. Zooeciules and avicularia absent. Ancestrula not observed.
Fig. 2.
Pulpeirina amoena
(
Jullien & Calvet, 1903
)
comb. nov.
A
. Autozooids (MOM INV-22502, lectotype of
Schizoporella jullieni
Calvet
in
Jullien & Calvet, 1903
).
B
. Same, ovicellate and nonovicellate zooids.
C
. Autozooids; note the distal dietella (MOM INV-22580).
D
. Same, primary orifice.
E
. Same, ovicells.
Table 1.
Measurements (in mm) of
Pulpeirina amoena
(
Jullien & Calvet, 1903
)
comb. nov.
(lectotypes and paralectotypes). SD = standard deviation; N = number of measurements.
Mean |
SD |
Minimum |
Maximum |
N |
Autozooid length |
0.626 |
0.1024 |
0.463 |
0.797 |
41 |
Autozooid width |
0.399 |
0.1172 |
0.244 |
0.670 |
41 |
Orifice length |
0.096 |
0.0105 |
0.080 |
0.117 |
41 |
Orifice width |
0.101 |
0.0099 |
0.082 |
0.127 |
41 |
Ovicell orifice length |
0.102 |
0.0065 |
0.096 |
0.110 |
5 |
Ovicell orifice width |
0.132 |
0.0100 |
0.121 |
0.148 |
5 |
Ooecium length |
0.293 |
0.0191 |
0.270 |
0.330 |
7 |
Ooecium width |
0.360 |
0.0334 |
0.309 |
0.394 |
7 |
Remarks
Hippothoa amoena
was described by
Jullien & Calvet (1903)
for three samples collected on shells at two stations near Pico Island, Azores, at depths between 130 and
318 m
.
The original material is now kept at MOM and a
lectotype
is designated here. The name of the species appeared in the original paper with two different spellings: ‘amoena’ and ‘amaena’. Both include a ligature and are therefore incorrect according to Art. 32.5.2 of the ICZN Code (
ICZN 1999
). We select here the first spelling and correct it to
amoena
(Arts 19.3, 24.2.3 and 32).
Hippothoa amoena
was later reported from its original area between 80 and
115 m
by
Calvet (1907)
and by
d’Hondt (1975)
between 80 and
1260 m
, but this material was not found in MNHN or MOM, so perhaps it has been lost.
Schizoporella jullieni
was described by Calvet (
Jullien & Calvet 1903
), also from material collected at the Azores (strait between Pico and
Faial Islands
, at a depth of
130 m
). The original material is also kept at MOM and a
lectotype
is designated here.
Schizoporella jullieni
does not seem to have been reported since its original description. However,
Gautier (1962: 121)
stated that
S. jullieni
must be a synonym of
Trypostega claviculata
(Hincks, 1884)
, a species that he reported from the Strait of Sicily. This synonymy was subsequently assumed by
Arístegui Ruiz (1984)
when citing
T. claviculata
from the
Canary Islands
. These records differ from
S. jullieni
in the presence of interzooidal avicularia and the absence of the vestigial suboral costae. A revision of Gautier’s original material proves that it belongs to a new species of
Trypostega
, which will be described in a future paper.
A revision of the
type
material of
H. amoena
and
S. jullieni
demonstrated that they correspond to the same species. Taking into account that
H. amoena
was described first in the original paper, and reported twice since its original description, we decide here to give precedence to this name, according to Art. 24 of the ICZN Code.
The porous gymnocystal frontal wall, the suboral pair of vestigial costae, and the absence of oral spines in
H. amoena
are all characters reminiscent of those in several taxa, such as the recently described genus
Vitrimurella
Winston
et al
., 2014
, some fossil
Trypostegidae
, or even some
Catenicellidae Busk, 1852
. However, catenicellids differ most obviously by their erect, flexible and jointed colonies.
Vitrimurella
differs, among other features, by the ovicell. In the
type
species of the genus,
V. lata
(Smitt, 1873)
, and two other species, the ovicell is small, cap-like, immersed in the distal part of the maternal zooid, and therefore quite different from the large, prominent and uniformly perforated ovicell of
H. amoena
. In two other species of the same genus,
V. gemina
(
Tilbrook, 2006
)
and
V. lepida
(Hayward, 1988)
, the ooecia are also prominent but possess a median suture, perhaps suggesting that they belong in a different genus.
Hippothoa amoena
also differs from fossil
Trypostegidae
provided with suboral vestigial costae (e.g.,
Trilophora
Lang, 1916,
Boreasina
Voigt & Hillmer, 1983
and
Grammothoa
Voigt & Hillmer, 1983
) mainly by the absence of zooeciules or avicularia and the dimorphic orifices. Finally,
Boreas
Morris, 1980
also lacks avicularia, as
H. amoena
, but it lacks suboral vestigial costae and dimorphic orifices.
Moreover,
H. amoena
differs from all these taxa by the pseudopores of the frontal wall, which are not simple perforations, as can be seen in young, translucent zooids. The perforations in the surface of the zooids are formed during the calcification of the frontal wall (
Fig. 3A
). As the calcified layer thickens, the pseudopores extend to form short, oblique tubules. Groups of these oblique tubules are joined together by basal, horizontal tubules arranged forming a somewhat radial series, presumably reaching the zooidal margins (
Fig. 3B, E
). In some cases there is also a median, longitudinal horizontal tubule (
Fig. 3C
). The ovicells, however, do not possess horizontal tubules. The horizontal tubules do not seem to actually be excavated in the calcified layer, but rather to be an open space between the calcified layer and the underlying membranous ectocyst (
Fig. 3D
). If this is the case, this space represents a vestigial hypostegal coelom. This possibility, together with the radial arrangement of the horizontal tubules and the pair of suboral vestigial costae, is perhaps reminiscent of an ancient spinocystal frontal shield. Nevertheless, study of more fresh material is necessary to clearly establish the structure of the frontal wall in
H. amoena
. Although some related species may have tubular pseudopores (e.g.,
Trypostega
sp. nov. or
Vitrimurella
spp., L.M. Viera pers. comm.
Sep. 2014
), they are not radially arranged. On the other hand, it will be difficult to prove whether fossil
Trypostegidae
had radial tubular pseudopores.
Fig. 3.
Pulpeirina amoena
(
Jullien & Calvet, 1903
)
comb. nov.
(MOM INV-22580).
A
. Simple pores in a young, marginal autozooid.
B
. Tubular pores arranged radially.
C
. An autozooid with radially arranged tubular pores and a medial horizontal tubule.
D
. Inner view of an autozooid showing the tubular pseudopores and horizontal tubules.
E
. Detail showing tubular pores joining the horizontal tubule.
Therefore, we erect a new genus,
Pulpeirina
, for
H. amoena
, and we tentatively place it in the family
Trypostegidae
. The structure of the frontal wall in
Pulpeirina amoena
comb. nov.
, perhaps reminiscent of an ancient spinocystal frontal wall, may support the suggestion that the
Trypostegidae
evolved from a pliophloeine ancestor (
Gordon 2000
).
Pulpeirina amoena
comb. nov.
is only known with certainty from around Pico Island, Azores, between 80 and
318 m
depth (up to
1260 m
according to
d’Hondt 1975
). However, we have found another sample, labeled as
Smittia deguernei
and presumably collected from the NW Iberian Peninsula, which corresponds to the same species.
Smittia guernei
was described by
Jullien & Calvet (1903)
for two samples collected off the NW coast of the Iberian Peninsula at a depth of
90 m
.
One of the samples (MOM INV-22518) matches the original description and is here designated as the
lectotype
of the species (see below). The other sample (MOM INV-22580) corresponds to
P. amoena
comb. nov.
(see
Fig. 3
). Taking into account the evident differences between both species, it seems impossible that Jullien, who originally described both of them in the same paper (or even any other researcher), could have made such a mistake of identification. It seems more probable that the samples were mixed up during their preservation or during their subsequent revision by Calvet, when he undertook the responsibility of finishing the study of the samples collected by the
Hirondelle
. Therefore, we consider that the geographical origin of this sample of
P. amoena
comb. nov.
is also doubtful.