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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421CFFF0FF3CF89F54D0F122" bold="true" box="[151,424,1834,1860]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">Micropora nodimagna</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="DDF3BCAA421CFFF0FF34F8F95598F103" box="[159,224,1868,1893]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1953,1975]" captionTargetBox="[364,1222,193,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[364,1224,193,1931]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Micropora nodimagna sp. nov. (A, C: MNRJ- 1166; B: MNRJ- 1167). A, colony fragment showing fertile and nonfertile zooids; B, frontal view of some non-fertile autozooids; C, fertile zooid with an ooecium. Scalebars: A, 200 µm; B, C, 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232640/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
AC)
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<paragraph id="4577A02F421CFFF0FF3CF82456ADF1A8" blockId="3.[151,1437,1937,1998]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421CFFF0FF3CF82454FDF1CC" bold="true" box="[151,389,1937,1962]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">Material examined.</emphasis>
Parcel do Carpinteiro, Rio Grande do Sul,
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:
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: MNRJ-1166 and
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: MNRJ-1167, am28, point 2,
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,
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,
<date id="317686EF421CFFF0FCB0F80356AAF1A8" box="[795,978,1974,1998]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572" value="2009-08-28">28 August 2009</date>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421BFFF7FF3CF814546AF1D0" bold="true" box="[151,274,1953,1975]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421BFFF7FEB3F8175484F1D1" box="[280,508,1953,1975]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Micropora nodimagna</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421BFFF7FDA8F814572BF1D0" bold="true" box="[515,595,1953,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(A, C: MNRJ-1166; B: MNRJ-1167).
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421BFFF7FC72F814568AF1D0" bold="true" box="[985,1010,1953,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">A,</emphasis>
colony fragment showing fertile and nonfertile zooids;
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421BFFF7FE87F80A543BF1B2" bold="true" box="[300,323,1983,2004]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">B,</emphasis>
frontal view of some non-fertile autozooids;
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421BFFF7FCB3F80A5649F1B3" bold="true" box="[792,817,1983,2005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">C,</emphasis>
fertile zooid with an ooecium. Scalebars: A, 200 µm; B, C, 100 µm.
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF6CFF225439F6D6" bold="true" box="[199,321,151,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Colony encrusting, unilaminar. Autozooids rectangular with frontal wall perforated by small pores; orifice D-shaped, large knobs lateral to the orifice; oecia are smooth, hood- to crescent-shaped with a triangular suture medially and several transverse lines on the proximal region, near the orifice.
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF6CFF495421F773" bold="true" box="[199,345,252,277]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Description.</emphasis>
Colony encrusting shell, unilaminar. Autozooids slightly longer than wide (358527 (433) µm long x 291464 (345) µm wide), budding in a fan-shaped arrangement; frontal cryptocystal wall crenulated and perforated by tiny rounded pores and at each corner one small opesiule, rounded to slightly elliptical in shape (
<figureCitation id="DDF3BCAA421AFFF6FAC4FE8B55DDF71E" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1953,1975]" captionTargetBox="[364,1222,193,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[364,1224,193,1931]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Micropora nodimagna sp. nov. (A, C: MNRJ- 1166; B: MNRJ- 1167). A, colony fragment showing fertile and nonfertile zooids; B, frontal view of some non-fertile autozooids; C, fertile zooid with an ooecium. Scalebars: A, 200 µm; B, C, 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232640/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A). Lateral border and rim below the orifice elevated, thick, and granulose, meeting each other at the proximal corners of the orifice in large, elliptical protuberances (knobs) (5071 (61) µm long
<date id="317686EF421AFFF6FBFBFE3751FAF7FC" box="[1104,1154,385,410]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" value="1975-10">x 75</date>
107 (86) µm wide)(
<figureCitation id="DDF3BCAA421AFFF6FADAFE3455DCF7DD" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1953,1975]" captionTargetBox="[364,1222,193,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[364,1224,193,1931]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Micropora nodimagna sp. nov. (A, C: MNRJ- 1166; B: MNRJ- 1167). A, colony fragment showing fertile and nonfertile zooids; B, frontal view of some non-fertile autozooids; C, fertile zooid with an ooecium. Scalebars: A, 200 µm; B, C, 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232640/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
AB). Orifice D-shaped (6479 (72) µm long
<date id="317686EF421AFFF6FD64FE16567EF7DD" box="[719,774,418,443]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" value="1986-10">x 86</date>
109 (102) µm wide) the anter semi-circular and poster practically straight (
<figureCitation id="DDF3BCAA421AFFF6FEDCFE7154C1F7BA" box="[375,441,452,477]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1953,1975]" captionTargetBox="[364,1222,193,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[364,1224,193,1931]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Micropora nodimagna sp. nov. (A, C: MNRJ- 1166; B: MNRJ- 1167). A, colony fragment showing fertile and nonfertile zooids; B, frontal view of some non-fertile autozooids; C, fertile zooid with an ooecium. Scalebars: A, 200 µm; B, C, 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232640/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
AC).
</paragraph>
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Oecium hood-shaped to half-moon-shaped (100154 (125) µm long x 200264 (242) µm wide), wider than long, with a median triangular suture and several transverse lines on the proximal region, near the orifice (
<figureCitation id="DDF3BCAA421AFFF6FA90FDB350FEF479" box="[1339,1414,518,543]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1953,1975]" captionTargetBox="[364,1222,193,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[364,1224,193,1931]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Micropora nodimagna sp. nov. (A, C: MNRJ- 1166; B: MNRJ- 1167). A, colony fragment showing fertile and nonfertile zooids; B, frontal view of some non-fertile autozooids; C, fertile zooid with an ooecium. Scalebars: A, 200 µm; B, C, 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232640/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
A and C).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4577A02F421AFFF6FF6CFDFC54A1F404" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1576]" box="[199,473,585,610]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Avicularia not observed.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF6CFDDF5436F4E5" bold="true" box="[199,334,618,643]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FE61FDDF5730F4E5" box="[458,584,618,643]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">nodimagna</emphasis>
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refers to the large protuberances (knobs) at the side of orifice of this species (Latin
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF49FD39545DF4C3" box="[226,293,652,677]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">nodus</emphasis>
= knot, tubercle;
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FE47FD385740F4C2" box="[492,568,653,676]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">magna</emphasis>
= large).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF6CFD185497F4A0" bold="true" box="[199,495,685,710]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Geographic distribution.</emphasis>
Rio Grande do Sul StateParcel do Carpinteiro (present study).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF6CFD7B5443F481" bold="true" box="[199,315,718,743]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2159DDDE421AFFF6FEECFD7B5484F481" author="Winston" box="[327,508,718,743]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" refString="Winston, J. E. (2005) Re-description and revision of Smitt's &quot; Floridan Bryozoa &quot; in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir Number 7, 1 - 147." type="book chapter" year="2005">Winston (2005)</bibRefCitation>
synonymised
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FD02FD7A56F7F480" box="[681,911,719,742]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Micropora coriacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by
<bibRefCitation id="2159DDDE421AFFF6FB97FD7A5199F481" author="Marcus" box="[1084,1249,719,743]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" refString="Marcus, E. (1949) Some Bryozoa from the Brazilian coast. Comunicaciones zoologicas del Museo de Historia natural de Montevideo, 53 (3), 1 - 33." type="journal article" year="1949">Marcus (1949</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="2159DDDE421AFFF6FB59FD7B5053F481" author="Marcus" box="[1266,1323,718,743]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" refString="Marcus, E. (1955) Notas sobre Briozoos Marinhos Brasileiros. Arquivo do Museu Nacional, 42, 273 - 324." type="journal article" year="1955">1955</bibRefCitation>
) with
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FAD6FD7A5475F56E" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. acuminata</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, and
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Winston
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FDDCFD4457D2F56E" box="[631,682,751,776]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">et al</emphasis>
. (2014)
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described another species from
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,
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FB67FD4450E4F56E" box="[1228,1436,751,776]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. angistiscapulis</emphasis>
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(Bahia State). These are the two only species described from
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until now. But the former species has larger zooids (560864 (670) µm long x 460594 (540) µm wide), a coarse frontal surface, the protuberances on the corner are very small (in comparison with our species), the surface of the oecium is crenulate like the surface wall; Smitts illustration (see
<bibRefCitation id="2159DDDE421AFFF6FE34FCC05766F5E8" author="Smitt" box="[415,542,885,910]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" refString="Smitt, F. A. (1873) Floridan Bryozoa collected by Count L. F. de Pourtales, Part 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 11 (4), 1 - 83." type="journal article" year="1873">Smitt 1873</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 74) shows interzooidal avicularia. The latter species (
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FB0DFCC3500AF5E8" box="[1190,1394,885,910]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. angistiscapulis</emphasis>
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), is similar to
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FEA2FC2254D5F5C9" box="[265,429,918,943]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. nodimagna</emphasis>
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by the lateral oral large protuberances, but it can be distinguished as it has polygonal and smaller autozooids (342450 (396) µm long x 234360 (291) µm wide), beaded cryptocyst with rounded pores with radiating spines, shorter orifice (4554 (51) µm long), smaller and rounded knobs located just below the proximal rim of the orifice, and opesiules narrowly oval slits.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4577A02F421AFFF6FF6CFBA950E3F211" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1576]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
Practically all species of
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FE76FBA8572CF252" box="[477,596,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Micropora</emphasis>
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have avicularia located just distal of the zooidal orifices, however they can be absent on some colonies. M. c
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FD91FB8B57F7F233" box="[570,655,1086,1109]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">oriacea</emphasis>
(Johnston, 1847) also lacks avicularia. However, this species is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FEC5FBEA5768F211" box="[366,528,1118,1143]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. nodimagna</emphasis>
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because it does not display large protuberances and the oecium shape is different.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4577A02F421AFFF6FF6CFB355060F3E4" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1576]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
Moyano (1994) described
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FE44FB34566EF2FE" box="[495,790,1151,1176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Micropora karukinkaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="82C8DBAC421AFFF6FCE6FB3456AEF2FE" box="[845,982,1151,1176]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporidae" genus="Micropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="selknami">
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FCE6FB3456AEF2FE" box="[845,982,1151,1176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. selknami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Magellan Strait, and both have large protuberances and similar zooidal measurements.
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FCAAFB1756B5F2DC" box="[769,973,1185,1210]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. karukinkaensis</emphasis>
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has orifice measurements that are shorter and wider (4063 (50) µm long x 100150 (131) µm wide), the oecium is composed of the oecium proper and a kenozooid in which it is developed, so becoming a very long structure (250275 (260) µm long);
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FA8FFB505583F378" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Micropora selknami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has smaller knobs, and a slightly different aperture size (3863 (51) µm long x 100150 (123) µm wide), with additional proximal dentate crescentic opesiules and an oecium with a different form (Moyano 1994).
<taxonomicName id="82C8DBAC421AFFF6FAD6FA9254D1F306" authority="Levinsen, 1909" authorityName="Levinsen" authorityYear="1909" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporidae" genus="Micropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="normani">
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FAD6FA92558EF306" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. normani</emphasis>
Levinsen, 1909
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is another species with large lateral protuberances, but it has smaller zooids (320400 µm long x 220320 µm wide), fewer frontal pores (about 15), a granulose oecium, and frequent avicularia.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4577A02F421AFFF6FF6CFA395778F380" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1576]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<taxonomicName id="82C8DBAC421AFFF6FF6CFA395725F3C5" authority="Waters, 1904" authorityName="Waters" authorityYear="1904" box="[199,605,1418,1443]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporidae" genus="Micropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="brevissima">
<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FF6CFA3954B8F3C5" box="[199,448,1418,1443]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Micropora brevissima</emphasis>
Waters, 1904
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described from
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does not have the protuberances but avicularia are frequent, and the oecium is granulose. In
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<emphasis id="77BC7C3D421AFFF6FD35FA185662F3A3" box="[670,794,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">M. robusta</emphasis>
Cook, 1985
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again, the protuberances are absent and the zooidal measurements are large.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4577A02F421AFFF6FF6CFA5B545DF04E" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1576]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Therefore, we believe that the specimens collected on the continental shelf of Rio Grande do Sul represents a new species.</paragraph>
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