Freshwater Bryozoa of Okinawa, Japan, with descriptions of Rumarcanella gen. nov. (Phylactolaemata: Plumatellidae) and two new species
Author
Hirose, Masato
Author
Mawatari, Shunsuke F.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2732
1
19
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.276554
ec9d7b62-108f-45a6-bb9b-d1c9565c00fa
1175-5326
276554
Genus
Lophopodella
Rousselet, 1904
Type
species.
Lophopodella thomasi
Rousselet, 1904
.
Diagnosis.
Colony lobed, soft and gelatinous; tubes dichotomously branching. Only floatoblasts are known; oval, with wide, flat annulus; some species have one to several spines with small hooks at both ends of the annulus.