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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF87DB59FF7BBFA27AD926A7" bold="true" box="[151,466,1452,1478]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">Discoporella gemmulifera</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C18C5E3FF87DB59FF7BBC1979B1254C" authority="Marcus &amp; Marcus 1962: 290" authorityName="Marcus &amp; Marcus" authorityPageNumber="290" authorityYear="1962" box="[151,698,1559,1581]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Cupuladriidae" genus="Discoporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="11" pageNumber="112" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="umbellata">
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: Marcus &amp; Marcus 1962: 290
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.
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<subSubSection id="C302EDEBFF87DB59FF7BBC597FAA240D" pageId="11" pageNumber="112" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BA7BE60FF87DB59FF7BBC597F772426" blockId="11.[151,1436,1623,1972]" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF87DB59FF7BBC597A8B2511" bold="true" box="[151,384,1623,1648]" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">Material examined.</emphasis>
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: MZUSP 718 (
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A), BIOTA Stn 208.
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<typeStatus id="54A300C2FF87DB59FC28BC567F3D250E" box="[964,1078,1624,1647]" pageId="11" pageNumber="112" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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: MZUSP 675, #5 [22 colonies], near BIOTA Stn 205, 15 m; MZUSP 719 (
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B, C), BIOTA Stn 208. MZUSP 720, measured specimen #2, BIOTA Stn 209; MZUSP 721, measured specimen #3, BIOTA Stn 206iB (from macrofauna sample), 23°34936” S,
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, Ubatuba, São Paulo,
<collectingCountry id="F30FFEF0FF87DB59FDBBBCCD799425BD" box="[599,671,1731,1756]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">Brazil</collectingCountry>
; VMNH 70010, measured specimen #1, BIOTA Stn 208; VMNH 70011, BIOTA Stn 208; VMNH 70012, colony fragments, BIOTA Stn 208; VMNH 70013, juvenile colony, BIOTA Stn 205; VMNH 70014, juvenile colony, BIOTA Stn 211.
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF87DB59FC5EBD057F9F2445" box="[946,1172,1803,1828]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">Additional material</emphasis>
: MZUSP 700, #31 [5 colonies], Itassucê, São Sebastião, São Paulo,
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,
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; MZUSP 705, BIOTA Stn 211.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF87DB59FF2BBD5D7AC7240D" bold="true" box="[199,460,1875,1900]" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">Supplementary video.</emphasis>
http://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br/taxon/discoporella-gemmulifera/
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF87DB59FF2BBD797A4524F1" bold="true" box="[199,334,1911,1936]" pageId="11" pageNumber="112">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the diminitive,
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, of the Latin,
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, bud and
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, Latin suffix, meaning bear or carry, carrying little buds.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF80DB5EFF7BBD907A1824D2" bold="true" box="[151,275,1950,1972]" pageId="12" pageNumber="113">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
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: A, upper surface of a large colony. B, lower surface of a smaller colony with buds developing at corners. C, detached bud, a new asexually produced colony. D, E, zooids and vibracular chambers. F, closeup of a vibraculum and zooid. Scale bars: A, B, 1 mm; C, 0.4 mm; D, E, 0.2 mm; F, 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF7BBA967A0323CE" bold="true" box="[151,264,152,175]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">TABLE 7.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) of
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25FDF09FF81DB5FFCA7BA9678AB23CE" box="[843,928,152,175]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFE5BBAC17AD82385" bold="true" box="[439,467,207,228]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Lz</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFDB3BAC1798F2385" bold="true" box="[607,644,207,228]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Wz</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFCE4BAC1783F2385" bold="true" box="[776,820,207,228]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Lop</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFC5CBAC178EF2385" bold="true" box="[944,996,207,228]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Wop</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFAEDBAC17E382385" bold="true" box="[1281,1331,207,228]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Wav</emphasis>
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<th id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFF49BAFB7BD4226A" box="[165,223,245,267]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">N</th>
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<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFDB3BAFB7993226A" box="[607,664,245,267]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">18</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFCE4BAFB784A226A" box="[776,833,245,267]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">18</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFC5CBAFB78E2226A" box="[944,1001,245,267]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">18</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFBB4BAFB7F9A226A" box="[1112,1169,245,267]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">18</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFAECBAFB7E32226A" box="[1280,1337,245,267]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">18</td>
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<th id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFF49BB127BD42253" box="[165,223,284,306]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Mean</th>
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<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFDB3BB1279932253" box="[607,664,284,306]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.314</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFCE4BB12784A2253" box="[776,833,284,306]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.112</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFC5CBB1278E22253" box="[944,1001,284,306]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.123</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFBB4BB127F9A2253" box="[1112,1169,284,306]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.136</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFAECBB127E322253" box="[1280,1337,284,306]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.114</td>
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<th id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFF49BB4D7BD42238" box="[165,223,323,345]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">SD</th>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFE5BBB4D7AFB2238" box="[439,496,323,345]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.034</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFDB3BB4D79932238" box="[607,664,323,345]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.040</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFCE4BB4D784A2238" box="[776,833,323,345]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.008</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFC5CBB4D78E22238" box="[944,1001,323,345]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.013</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFBB4BB4D7F9A2238" box="[1112,1169,323,345]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.020</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFAECBB4D7E322238" box="[1280,1337,323,345]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.018</td>
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<th id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFF49BB677BD4221E" box="[165,223,361,383]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Min</th>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFE5BBB677AFB221E" box="[439,496,361,383]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.378</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFDB3BB677993221E" box="[607,664,361,383]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.252</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFCE4BB67784A221E" box="[776,833,361,383]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.099</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFC5CBB6778E2221E" box="[944,1001,361,383]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.108</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFBB4BB677F9A221E" box="[1112,1169,361,383]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.108</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFAECBB677E32221E" box="[1280,1337,361,383]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.090</td>
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<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFE5BBB9E7AFB22C7" box="[439,496,400,422]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.504</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFDB3BB9E799322C7" box="[607,664,400,422]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.396</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFCE4BB9E784A22C7" box="[776,833,400,422]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.126</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFC5CBB9E78E222C7" box="[944,1001,400,422]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.144</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFBB4BB9E7F9A22C7" box="[1112,1169,400,422]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.180</td>
<td id="76F9D55EFF8124ADFAECBB9E7E3222C7" box="[1280,1337,400,422]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">0.144</td>
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</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="C302EDEBFF81DB5FFF2BBBEF7F04217F" pageId="13" pageNumber="114" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF2BBBEF7A4A229B" bold="true" box="[199,321,481,506]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFEA4BBEF7AD2229B" box="[328,473,481,506]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with relatively flat bowl shape, red to brownish pink in life; granular cryptocyst with distal semicircular opesia and 69 small opesiules; polypides with 13 tentacles.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C302EDEBFF81DB5FFF2BB8277E1E20E7" pageId="13" pageNumber="114" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BA7BE60FF81DB5FFF2BB8277E1E20E7" blockId="13.[151,1436,481,1730]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF2BB8277A522123" bold="true" box="[199,345,553,578]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Description.</emphasis>
Free-living colonies a few mm in size and, if intact, bowl-shaped, with outer surface convex, undersurface concave, red to brownish pink in life. Colonies undergoing fragmentation may have more irregular or angular shapes, with several subcolonies forming at colony edges. Zooids rhomboidal, about
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in length and
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in width, arranged in a regular pattern. The frontal surface is a granular cryptocyst with a distal semicircular opesia, about
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by
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, a little larger than the operculum, and a proximal area containing 6 or more small opesiules. At the distal end of each zooid is a vibraculum with a chamber about
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long and
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wide. It has a long curved mandible about
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in length and
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wide at the base, but tapering to a sharp point). These serve to move the colony through the sediment, and to clean its surface. Polypides with about 13 tentacles. Brooding internal in autozooids; no ovicells occur. Non-feeding larvae settle in a short time on a grain of sand, produce an ancestral triad and continue to bud new zooids until the grain is enveloped.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C302EDEBFF81DB5FFF2BB99F796B2537" pageId="13" pageNumber="114" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA7BE60FF81DB5FFF2BB99F78922654" blockId="13.[151,1436,481,1730]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF2BB99F7A3020CB" bold="true" box="[199,315,913,938]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Remarks.</emphasis>
The Brazilian specimens are distinguished from Eastern Atlantic
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFB64B99F7E9720CB" box="[1160,1436,913,938]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella umbellata</emphasis>
(DeFrance, 1823)
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in the number of cryptocystal opesiules (
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFC4BB9B87F3720AF" box="[935,1084,949,974]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. umbellata</emphasis>
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vs
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFB51B9B87E7B20AF" box="[1213,1392,949,974]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. gemmulifera</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25FDF09FF81DB5FFA96B9BB7BC32093" pageId="13" pageNumber="114" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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) and number of polypide tentacles (
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFCE7B9D478AE2093" box="[779,933,985,1010]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. umbellata</emphasis>
(Cook 1985)
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vs
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFB38B9D47E802093" box="[1236,1419,985,1010]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. gemmulifera</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF7BB9F37AB52777" box="[151,446,1021,1046]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella gemmulifera</emphasis>
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also differs from the Caribbean
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFCD9B9F378CD2777" box="[821,966,1021,1046]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella</emphasis>
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studied by Herrera-Cubilla
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFAEBB9F07E4A2777" box="[1287,1345,1021,1046]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">et al.</emphasis>
(2008). Two of them,
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFED4BE2C7AB8275B" box="[312,435,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. scutella</emphasis>
Herrera-Cubilla, Dick, Sanner &amp; Jackson, 2008
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and
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFBFEBE2C7F9E275B" box="[1042,1173,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. peltifera</emphasis>
Herrera-Cubilla, Dick, Sanner &amp; Jackson, 2008
</taxonomicName>
, have larger zooids and determinate growth, although
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFBC5BE487FA6273F" box="[1065,1197,1093,1118]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. peltifera</emphasis>
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can regenerate from fragments.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFEF9BE67791D27E3" box="[277,534,1129,1154]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella triangula</emphasis>
Herrera-Cubilla, Dick, Sanner &amp; Jackson, 2008
</taxonomicName>
has very small conical colonies with determinate growth, and
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFE1FBE8379F027C4" box="[499,763,1165,1190]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella terminata</emphasis>
Herrera-Cubilla, Dick, Sanner &amp; Jackson, 2008
</taxonomicName>
has a flat discoidal colony with determinate growth. The most similar species in terms of zooid size and growth pattern is
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF7BBEDB7AF3278F" box="[151,504,1237,1262]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella bocasdeltoroensis</emphasis>
Herrera-Cubilla, Dick, Sanner &amp; Jackson, 2008
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. It has a wider range in number of opesiules (310), very spiny opesiule edges, larger avicularian zooids, a conical colony shape and, like the others, showed no evidence of the colonial budding seen in
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFD0EBF10789A2657" box="[738,913,1309,1334]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">D. gemmulifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="8BA7BE60FF81DB5FFF2BBF4F796B2537" blockId="13.[151,1436,481,1730]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">
The biology of the Brazilian species was studied by Marcus &amp; Marcus (1962).
<taxonomicName id="4C18C5E3FF81DB5FFBA4BF4F7E64263B" box="[1096,1391,1345,1370]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Cupuladriidae" genus="Discoporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="13" pageNumber="114" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="gemmulifera">
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFBA4BF4F7E64263B" box="[1096,1391,1345,1370]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella gemmulifera</emphasis>
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has an amazing ability to reproduce asexually by fragmentation, with subcolonies developing at the edges of parent colony then splitting off from it.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFDC2BF8779B426C3" box="[558,703,1417,1442]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
colonies, like those of other free-living species, are so well integrated that their behavior is that of a cormidium and like a unitary organism. Vibracula move in coordination to row the colony from place to place or unbury it from sediment. The species distribution and ecology in
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has also been studied by Braga (1967) and Tommasi
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFD3CBFF87800256F" box="[720,779,1525,1550]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">et al.</emphasis>
(1972).
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFC83BFFB7F9C256F" box="[879,1175,1525,1550]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella gemmulifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
prefers very fine sand with relatively stable conditions and full marine salinity. It is found in
<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFC4BBC1778B92553" bold="true" box="[935,946,1561,1586]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">s</emphasis>
and-bottom habitats on the continental shelf from a few meters to about
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depth.
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFF2BBC6F7A6B251B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1633,1658]" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Distribution.</emphasis>
The Brazilian species, previously reported from Amazonas River mouth, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná, is part of the
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<emphasis id="B96C6272FF81DB5FFDA9BC8B785B25FF" box="[581,848,1669,1694]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="114">Discoporella umbellata</emphasis>
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species complex, with members known from both sides of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific.
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