Redescription of some bryozoan species originally described by J. Jullien from Iberian waters
Author
Souto, Javier
Author
Reverter-Gil, Oscar
Author
Fernández-Pulpeiro, Eugenio
text
Zootaxa
2011
2827
31
53
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.208139
b1ec859d-9fef-4df8-97bf-1a874ba340d5
1175-5326
208139
Family
Jubellidae
Reverter-Gil & Fernández-Pulpeiro, 2001
Diagnosis.
Colony calcified, erect, unilaminar, attached by rhizoids that descend branches; branches jointed, dichotomous, frequent, with three or more series of zooids in each branch; lateral branching occasional. Autozooids elongate, curved; gymnocyst reduced to peripheral rim, most of surface cryptocystal. Opesia small, larger than operculum; no condyles or opesiules. Avicularia sessile. Spines, vibracula and ovicells absent. Embryos brooded in gonozooids.