On some “ Hemicyclopora ” Norman, 1894 and “ Escharella ” Gray, 1848 species (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) from the Atlantic-Mediterranean region. Re-examination of their generic status and description of new species and a new genus Author Harmelin, Jean-Georges Station marine d’Endoume (SME), Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers (OSU) Pytheas, Institut méditerranéen d’Océanologie (MIO), Groupement d’Intérêt scientifique (GIS) Posidonie, Aix-Marseille University, F- 13007 Marseille (France) jean-georges. harmelin @ univ-amu. fr / jg. harmelin @ gmail. com harmelin@gmail.com Author Rosso, Antonietta Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Corso Italia 57, I- 95129, Catania (Italy) and Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio, 9, I- 00196, Roma (Italy) rosso @ unict. it rosso@unict.it text Zoosystema 2023 2023-06-15 45 10 373 407 journal article 56126 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a10 4d32642b-0df5-4b2d-9608-a90ce88347ab 1638-9387 8056122 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:370E4D0A-FF10-4CAC-AF9F-A1A866FC1BEB Species complex 3: “ lopezfei ” This species complex gathers the new species described below, provisionally ascribed to the genus Hemicyclopora , and Escharella lopezfei Souto, Berning & Ostrovsky, 2016 . Both share many features, except for the number of spines in ovicellate zooids and the lack of a lyrula in the new species.