New species and new records of bryozoans from shallow waters of Madeira Island Author Souto, Javier Author Kaufmann, Manfred J. Author Canning-Clode, João text Zootaxa 2015 3925 4 581 593 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.7 0b4fe43a-d843-4e7f-a60a-4d154fbb5f0d 1175-5326 241100 BD0F23A9-3AE5-48F0-991B-EDAEC7C42FEC Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2008 ( Figs 13–17 ) Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2008 : 504 , fig. 4; Vieira et al . 2010 : 8 , figs 9–11, 21 Material examined. MMF 44296, 44299, 44309, 32 º38’03.34’’ N; 16º56’04.05’’ W , 11 m , August 2013 , on rock samples. Remarks. The specimens found in Madeira fully match the morphological characteristics given for B. maxilladentata —colony formed by branching uniserial chains of autozooids, zooid length 0.734–0.935 mm , attached to substratum by rootlets with up to 3 pairs of marginal spines and 2–4 oral spines, some of which may be replaced by 1–2 distolateral avicularia. A distinctive feature of the species is the strongly curved avicularian mandible with 1–2 tooth-shaped accessory structures. Madeira specimens exhibit the same patterns of branching, with new zooids formed from distal and lateral buds, and rootlets arising from the proximomedial buds. This species was previously known only from shallow waters of Rio de Janeiro ( Ramalho et al . 2008 ; Vieira et al . 2010 ). Ramalho et al . (2008) considered this species endemic to Rio de Janeiro; the presence of this species in Madeira Island could be the result of a recent introduction. FIGURES 13–17. Beania maxilladentata : 13, aspect of the colony; 14, lateral view of two zooids; 15, autozooids with paired distal avicularia; 16, autozooid; 17, rootlets attached to the substratum. Only one species of Beania was previously recorded in Madeira— Beania hirtissima (Heller, 1867) (see Norman 1909 ; Waters 1899 ); it has multiserial colonies and zooids with stout spines so confusion of the two species is improbable.