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(
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Harbour, 01 metre depth on metallic marina supports, collected by
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Abdelsalam,
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A),
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.22.1 (
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), details as for
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Named for
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locality.
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Colony erect, foliaceous, comprising an open honeycomb of anastomosing bifoliate fronds forming a spheroidal mass (
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A). Intracolonial overgrowths occasionally developed. Uniporous septulae present in lateral and transverse vertical walls, situated close to the basal wall (
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C). Colour vivid deep orange to red when alive (
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AC), fading to pale brown in spirit or dry. Ancestrula and early astogeny unknown.
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Autozooids subrectangular, about 1.75 x longer than wide (
<figureCitation id="137A3197A0200002410BD01DE58E396C" box="[878,950,1613,1638]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1916,1938]" captionTargetBox="[181,1403,1435,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1413,1894]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Calyptotheca alexandriensis n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of the holotype, TBAB BR- 2015 - 2 - 10. A, group of zooids with locations of undeveloped ovicells marked by areas of fewer pseudopores on the frontal shields of the distal zooids. B, primary orifice and suboral avicularium. C, ovicells. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 100 µm; C = 200 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808102/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="584">Figs 3</figureCitation>
A, 4A). Frontal shield moderately convex, densely pseudoporous, pseudopores subcircular, about 1035 µm in diameter, decreasing in size from the centre to the edge of the frontal shield, sunken, calcification around the pseudopores in the form of a polygonal network with low pustules often present at the corners; marginal areolar pores not clearly distinct from pseudopores; zooidal boundaries well defined, marked by thin but well-defined salient walls. Primary orifice broader than long (
<figureCitation id="137A3197A02000024759D08DE3BA39FC" box="[1340,1410,1757,1782]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1916,1938]" captionTargetBox="[181,1403,1435,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1413,1894]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Calyptotheca alexandriensis n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of the holotype, TBAB BR- 2015 - 2 - 10. A, group of zooids with locations of undeveloped ovicells marked by areas of fewer pseudopores on the frontal shields of the distal zooids. B, primary orifice and suboral avicularium. C, ovicells. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 100 µm; C = 200 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808102/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="584">Figs 3</figureCitation>
B, 4D), inclined to face distofrontally, with a broad, U-shaped sinus divided from the semielliptical poster by a pair of rounded, non-serrated condyles. Closure plates cover some orifices, imperforate and with an irregularly granular surface (
<figureCitation id="137A3197A0200002429DD118E7063868" box="[248,318,1864,1889]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1829,1851]" captionTargetBox="[243,1382,449,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[198,1422,415,1842]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Calyptotheca alexandriensis n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of the paratype, NHMUK 2016.12.22.1; A D are of a bleached fragment, E and F of an unbleached fragment. A, group of zooids, some with complete ovicells, others with undeveloped ovicells, and some with orifices covered by closure plates. B, zooid with an undeveloped ovicell and a closure plate between two zooids with complete ovicells. C, oblique view of growing edge showing septulae in transverse vertical walls. D, primary orifice, condyles and suboral avicularium in a zooid viewed obliquely. E, zooid with in-situ operculum and a partly formed ovicell showing the floor of the entooecium. F, oblique view to show the in-situ mandible of a suboral avicularium. Scale bars: A, C = 500 µm; B = 200 µm; D F = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808104/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="584">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
B). Ovicells present in a high proportion of zooids (
<figureCitation id="137A3197A020000241EED118E5EB3868" box="[907,979,1864,1889]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1916,1938]" captionTargetBox="[181,1403,1435,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1413,1894]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Calyptotheca alexandriensis n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of the holotype, TBAB BR- 2015 - 2 - 10. A, group of zooids with locations of undeveloped ovicells marked by areas of fewer pseudopores on the frontal shields of the distal zooids. B, primary orifice and suboral avicularium. C, ovicells. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 100 µm; C = 200 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808102/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="584">Figs 3</figureCitation>
C, 4A, B), hyperstomial, bulbous, wider than long, ectooecium uncalcified, endooecial calcification resembling frontal shield but with smaller, more closely spaced pseudopores; floor of incompletely developed ovicells with a scattering of 1020 irregularly arranged pores of variable size (
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A, 4A, B). Ovicellate zooids without apparent orificial dimorphism.
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Avicularia suboral (
<figureCitation id="137A3197A020000243CDD188E7CA38F8" box="[424,498,2008,2033]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1916,1938]" captionTargetBox="[181,1403,1435,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1413,1894]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Calyptotheca alexandriensis n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of the holotype, TBAB BR- 2015 - 2 - 10. A, group of zooids with locations of undeveloped ovicells marked by areas of fewer pseudopores on the frontal shields of the distal zooids. B, primary orifice and suboral avicularium. C, ovicells. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 100 µm; C = 200 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808102/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="584">Figs 3</figureCitation>
B, 4D, F), present in the majority of, possibly all, zooids, oriented predominantly laterally but slightly distally, all avicularia on the same side of a frond apparently oriented in the same direction, either facing left or right; plane of avicularium inclined at a steep angle to the frontal surface of the colony; small in size, about
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long; opesia semicircular; pivotal bar complete, more or less straight, longer than opesia; rostrum arch-shaped, with a hook-like distal end. Vicarious avicularia not observed.
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<emphasis id="B935F100A021000342A2D777E7453E49" bold="true" box="[199,381,295,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Measurements.</emphasis>
See
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.
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<emphasis id="B935F100A021000342F2D720E7323E8E" bold="true" box="[151,266,368,391]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02100034048D73FE5643E8E" box="[557,860,367,391]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Calyptotheca alexandriensis</emphasis>
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<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D7F2E46F3EB1" box="[343,599,418,440]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Mean</th>
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD7F2E4C43EB1" box="[606,764,418,440]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Range</th>
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D7F2E5963EB1" box="[898,942,418,440]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">SD</th>
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD7F2E2A93EB1" box="[1144,1169,418,440]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">N</th>
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<tr id="35712F50A021FFFF42FAD79CE2A93EEB" box="[159,1169,460,482]" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF42FAD79CE7683EEB" box="[159,336,460,482]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Zooid length</th>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D79CE46F3EEB" box="[343,599,460,482]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.56</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD79CE4C43EEB" box="[606,764,460,482]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.460.65</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D79CE5963EEB" box="[898,942,460,482]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.06</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD79CE2A93EEB" box="[1144,1169,460,482]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">12</td>
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<tr id="35712F50A021FFFF42FAD7A5E2A93D02" box="[159,1169,501,523]" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF42FAD7A5E7683D02" box="[159,336,501,523]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Zooid width</th>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D7A5E46F3D02" box="[343,599,501,523]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.32</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD7A5E4C43D02" box="[606,764,501,523]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.270.35</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D7A5E5963D02" box="[898,942,501,523]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.03</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD7A5E2A93D02" box="[1144,1169,501,523]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">12</td>
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<tr id="35712F50A021FFFF42FAD44EE2A93D3D" box="[159,1169,542,564]" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF42FAD44EE7683D3D" box="[159,336,542,564]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Orifice length</th>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D44EE46F3D3D" box="[343,599,542,564]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.13</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD44EE4C43D3D" box="[606,764,542,564]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.110.14</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D44EE5963D3D" box="[898,942,542,564]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.01</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD44EE2A93D3D" box="[1144,1169,542,564]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">10</td>
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<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF42FAD418E7683D57" box="[159,336,584,606]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Orifice width</th>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D418E46F3D57" box="[343,599,584,606]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.17</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD418E4C43D57" box="[606,764,584,606]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.170.18</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D418E5963D57" box="[898,942,584,606]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.01</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD418E2A93D57" box="[1144,1169,584,606]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">10</td>
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<tr id="35712F50A021FFFF42FAD421E2A93D8E" box="[159,1169,625,647]" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF42FAD421E7683D8E" box="[159,336,625,647]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Ovicell length</th>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D421E46F3D8E" box="[343,599,625,647]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.26</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD421E4C43D8E" box="[606,764,625,647]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.250.27</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D421E5963D8E" box="[898,942,625,647]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.01</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD421E2A93D8E" box="[1144,1169,625,647]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">10</td>
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<tr id="35712F50A021FFFF42FAD4CAE2A93DB9" box="[159,1169,666,688]" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">
<th id="76A0462CA021FFFF42FAD4CAE7683DB9" box="[159,336,666,688]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Ovicell width</th>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF4332D4CAE46F3DB9" box="[343,599,666,688]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.35</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD4CAE4C43DB9" box="[606,764,666,688]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.330.37</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF41E7D4CAE5963DB9" box="[898,942,666,688]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">0.02</td>
<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF461DD4CAE2A93DB9" box="[1144,1169,666,688]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">10</td>
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<td id="76A0462CA021FFFF403BD481E4C43DE1" box="[606,764,721,744]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">determinations</td>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A021000342F2D34FE72A3A3D" bold="true" box="[151,274,1311,1333]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0210003437DD34FE4003A3C" box="[280,568,1311,1333]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Calyptotheca alexandriensis</emphasis>
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A
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, fresh specimen showing the foliaceous colony-form and deep orange colour; paratype, TBAB BR-2016-2-11. B, C, luxuriant growth of colonies on pilings in the Eastern Harbour, Alexandria.
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<emphasis id="B935F100A021000342F2D12CE72E3898" bold="true" box="[151,278,1916,1938]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02100034345D12CE47D389B" box="[288,581,1916,1938]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">Calyptotheca alexandriensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0210003402BD12DE4B2389B" bold="true" box="[590,650,1917,1938]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, scanning electron micrographs of the holotype, TBAB BR-2015-2-10.
<emphasis id="B935F100A021000347E6D12CE3AD3898" bold="true" box="[1411,1429,1916,1937]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">A</emphasis>
, group of zooids with locations of undeveloped ovicells marked by areas of fewer pseudopores on the frontal shields of the distal zooids.
<emphasis id="B935F100A02100034280D1EAE6CE38C6" bold="true" box="[229,246,1978,1999]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">B</emphasis>
, primary orifice and suboral avicularium.
<emphasis id="B935F100A021000340C6D1EAE48D38D9" bold="true" box="[675,693,1978,2000]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">C</emphasis>
, ovicells. Scale bars:
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= 500 µm;
<emphasis id="B935F100A0210003467ED1EAE21438C6" bold="true" box="[1051,1068,1978,1999]" pageId="3" pageNumber="585">B</emphasis>
= 100 µm;
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= 200 µm.
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<emphasis id="B935F100A026000442A2D6C7E7033FB9" bold="true" box="[199,315,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">Remarks.</emphasis>
The shape of the primary orifice, with a broad sinus and condyles, evenly pseudoporous frontal shield, presence of adventitious avicularia and ovicell morphology permit this bryozoan to be assigned to
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<emphasis id="B935F100A026000442F2D6B0E7143FF1" box="[151,300,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
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. As noted above,
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02600044074D6B0E49E3FF1" box="[529,678,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
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is a speciose genus (
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Bock
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2017
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). There is considerable variability in the shape, disposition and orientation of the adventitious avicularia.
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identified a subgroup of species having suboral avicularia, like that seen in the new species from
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. However, in most of these species the avicularium is oriented parallel to the length of the autozooid, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B935F100A026000447E7D71CE7023E81" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
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it is oriented transversely.
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<emphasis id="B935F100A026000442F2D175E72B3833" bold="true" box="[151,275,1829,1851]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0260004437ED174E4053833" box="[283,573,1828,1850]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">Calyptotheca alexandriensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02600044026D175E4453833" bold="true" box="[579,637,1829,1850]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, scanning electron micrographs of the paratype, NHMUK 2016.12.22.1;
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are of a bleached fragment,
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and
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of an unbleached fragment.
<emphasis id="B935F100A02600044149D113E57D3851" bold="true" box="[812,837,1859,1880]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">A,</emphasis>
group of zooids, some with complete ovicells, others with undeveloped ovicells, and some with orifices covered by closure plates.
<emphasis id="B935F100A026000441E3D132E5AF387E" bold="true" box="[902,919,1890,1911]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">B</emphasis>
, zooid with an undeveloped ovicell and a closure plate between two zooids with complete ovicells.
<emphasis id="B935F100A026000440C6D1D1E48D389E" bold="true" box="[675,693,1921,1943]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">C</emphasis>
, oblique view of growing edge showing septulae in transverse vertical walls.
<emphasis id="B935F100A026000442BCD1F0E6D338BC" bold="true" box="[217,235,1952,1973]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">D</emphasis>
, primary orifice, condyles and suboral avicularium in a zooid viewed obliquely.
<emphasis id="B935F100A02600044679D1F0E21538BC" bold="true" box="[1052,1069,1952,1973]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">E</emphasis>
, zooid with in-situ operculum and a partly formed ovicell showing the floor of the entooecium.
<emphasis id="B935F100A02600044147D1EEE51738DA" bold="true" box="[802,815,1982,2003]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">F</emphasis>
, oblique view to show the in-situ mandible of a suboral avicularium. Scale bars:
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,
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= 500 µm;
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= 200 µm;
<emphasis id="B935F100A026000440A4D18DE4D738FB" bold="true" box="[705,751,2013,2034]" pageId="4" pageNumber="586">DF</emphasis>
= 100 µm.
</paragraph>
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Only two species of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000543D6D6C8E4703FB9" box="[435,584,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
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have been recorded previously from the Mediterranean Sea according to a recent review of bryozoans from the Mediterranean Sea (Rosso &amp; Di Martino 2016).
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originally described
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005436ED6B0E7CE3FF1" box="[267,502,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca rugosa</emphasis>
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from Chios in
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. This species is encrusting, unlike
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000546E3D6B0E3733FF1" box="[1158,1355,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054731D68FE3AC3FF1" bold="true" box="[1364,1428,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, and also differs from
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000543F4D754E4603E15" box="[401,600,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054004D754E49A3E14" bold="true" box="[609,674,260,285]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
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in having rare, rounded suboral avicularia and partially immersed ovicells. A second species of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005438ED778E4B83E49" box="[491,640,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
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, found in the Strait of
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as well as the Atlantic (Azores), was described as
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054351D71CE4093E6D" box="[308,561,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca obscura</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
by
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Harmelin
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000541FCD71DE5E03E6D" box="[921,984,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">et al.</emphasis>
(1989)
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. This species has transversely oriented adventitious avicularia of similar morphology to those of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000541A1D720E2A83E81" box="[964,1168,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000546FAD73FE2DD3E81" bold="true" box="[1183,1253,367,392]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
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but, unlike
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000547E7D720E7023EA5" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054326D7C4E7B33EA4" bold="true" box="[323,395,404,429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">
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,
</emphasis>
the avicularia are positioned around the edges of the autozooids rather than suborally. The colour of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054363D7E8E7BA3ED9" box="[262,386,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. obscura</emphasis>
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is dark red whereas that of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000540A4D7E8E5BE3ED9" box="[705,902,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000541EAD7E7E5F73ED9" bold="true" box="[911,975,439,464]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
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is very dark orange, and
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054697D7E8E3563ED9" box="[1266,1390,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. obscura</emphasis>
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has encrusting colonies and denticulate condyles contrasting with the erect colonies and smooth condyles of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000547E7D78CE7033D11" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054324D7AFE7B83D11" bold="true" box="[321,384,511,536]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE2D12A027000542A2D475E4813C55" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">
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recorded five species of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000540FCD474E5163D35" box="[665,814,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
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from the
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:
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054674D474E3083D35" box="[1041,1328,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca acutirostris</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054328D418E49F3D69" box="[333,679,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca heteroavicularia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005410DD418E27D3D56" box="[872,1093,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca nigra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054763D418E72A3D8D" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca sudanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD050E3A0270005437CD43DE7863D8D" author="Dumont" box="[281,446,620,644]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" refString="Dumont, J. P. C. (1981) A report on the cheilostome Bryozoa of the Sudanese Red Sea. Journal of Natural History, 15, 623 - 637." type="journal article" year="1981">Dumont, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A0270005439ED43CE5FA3D8D" authority="Waters, 1909" authorityName="Waters" authorityYear="1909" box="[507,962,620,644]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="wasinensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005439ED43CE5283D8D" box="[507,784,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca wasinensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD050E3A02700054145D43CE5813D8D" author="Waters" box="[800,953,620,644]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" refString="Waters, A. W. (1909) Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea. 12. The Bryozoa. Part 1. Cheilostomata. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) London, 31, 123 - 181." type="journal article" year="1909">Waters, 1909</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. All of the species from the
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have encrusting colonies in contrast to the erect colonies of
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A02700054144D4C0E5D13DA1" authority="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham, 2017" authorityName="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham" authorityYear="2017" box="[801,1001,656,680]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="alexandriensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054144D4C0E5D13DA1" box="[801,1001,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054190D4DFE2003DA1" bold="true" box="[1013,1080,655,680]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
. Adventitious avicularia in
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000547E7D4C0E72F3DC5" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. acutirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are located proximolaterally of the orifice and directed distally, those of
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A02700054624D4E4E3233DC5" authorityName="Dumont" authorityYear="1981" box="[1089,1307,692,716]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="heteroavicularia">
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054624D4E4E3233DC5" box="[1089,1307,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. heteroavicularia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are suboral and directed proximally,
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000543CBD488E4343DE6" authorityName="Dumont" authorityYear="1981" box="[430,524,728,751]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="nigra">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000543CBD488E4343DE6" box="[430,524,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. nigra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lacks adventitious avicularia, and in
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000541CED488E27C3DE6" authorityName="Waters" authorityYear="1909" box="[939,1092,728,751]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="wasinensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000541CED488E27C3DE6" box="[939,1092,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. wasinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the adventitious avicularia are scattered around the edges of the autozooids. Only those of
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A0270005414BD4ACE5F23C1D" authorityName="Dumont" authorityYear="1981" box="[814,970,764,788]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005414BD4ACE5F23C1D" box="[814,970,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. sudanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are suboral and directed laterally, as in
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000547E7D4ACE7033C31" authority="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham, 2017" authorityName="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham" authorityYear="2017" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="alexandriensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000547E7D4ACE7033C31" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054321D54FE7BC3C31" bold="true" box="[324,388,799,824]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, but this reef-associate has small, brown- or green-coloured colonies quite unlike the large deep orange colonies of
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000543CDD514E4553C55" authority="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham, 2017" authorityName="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham" authorityYear="2017" box="[424,621,836,860]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="alexandriensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000543CDD514E4553C55" box="[424,621,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054011D514E48A3C54" bold="true" box="[628,690,836,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE2D12A027000542A2D538E7723B74" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">
A website devoted to the bryozoans of the
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Bay of Safaga in the
<collectingRegion id="4985E3F0A0270005419BD537E2623C89" box="[1022,1114,871,896]" country="Egypt" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
contains SEM images of six species of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054378D5DCE78A3CAD" box="[285,434,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000543ACD5DCE4643CAD" box="[457,604,908,932]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="wasiensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000543ACD5DCE4643CAD" box="[457,604,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. wasiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A02700054016D5DCE4EF3CAD" authorityName="Dumont" authorityYear="1981" box="[627,727,908,932]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="nigra">
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054016D5DCE4EF3CAD" box="[627,727,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. nigra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A0270005408BD5DCE5A93CAD" authorityName="Dumont" authorityYear="1981" box="[750,913,908,932]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005408BD5DCE5A93CAD" box="[750,913,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. sudanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000541C2D5DCE25F3CAD" box="[935,1127,908,933]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="wasiensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000541C2D5DCE5823CAA" box="[935,954,908,931]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C</emphasis>
. cf.
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005419ED5DDE25F3CAD" box="[1019,1127,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">wasiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A02700054619D5DCE32A3CAD" authorityName="Harmer" authorityYear="1957" box="[1148,1298,908,932]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054619D5DCE32A3CAD" box="[1148,1298,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. 1, and
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000542F2D5E0E7153CC1" authorityName="Harmer" authorityYear="1957" box="[151,301,944,968]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000542F2D5E0E7153CC1" box="[151,301,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. 2 (Ostrovsky
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054064D5E1E4053CC1" box="[513,573,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">et al.</emphasis>
, accessed
<date id="FFFF0BD2A027000540DED5E0E54A3CC1" box="[699,882,943,968]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" value="2017-03-20">20 March 2017</date>
). Images of the four specimens identified as
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A027000547E7D5E0E72A3CE5" authorityName="Dumont" authorityYear="1981" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000547E7D5E0E72A3CE5" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. sudanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
show the closest resemblance to
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000540FCD584E5593CE5" box="[665,865,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2064C7BA0270005410ED584E5943CE4" box="[875,940,980,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005410ED584E5943CE4" bold="true" box="[875,940,980,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, particularly with respect to the transverse suboral avicularium, although this appears to be smaller and restricted to one side of the sinus in the Safaga material. In addition, the floor of the ovicells appears to lack the large pores seen in
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A0270005463FD24CE3273B3D" authority="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham, 2017" authorityName="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham" authorityYear="2017" box="[1114,1311,1052,1076]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="alexandriensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005463FD24CE3273B3D" box="[1114,1311,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005474DD24CE3503B3C" bold="true" box="[1320,1384,1052,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
The lack of descriptive text means that colony-form and colour cannot be compared between the material from Safaga and
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE2D12A027000542A2D2D8E4D63A04" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">
In possessing a transversely oriented suboral avicularium,
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A0270005411FD2D8E27B3BA9" authority="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham, 2017" authorityName="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham" authorityYear="2017" box="[890,1091,1160,1184]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="alexandriensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935F100A0270005411FD2D8E27B3BA9" box="[890,1091,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054635D2D7E2AC3BA9" bold="true" box="[1104,1172,1159,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
resembles the species
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000542F2D2FCE7863BCD" box="[151,446,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Calyptotheca subimmersa</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
from
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. However, the avicularium of
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<emphasis id="B935F100A027000546B6D2FCE3463BCD" box="[1235,1406,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. subimmersa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is smaller than that of
<taxonomicName id="4C415691A02700054312D280E4033BE1" authority="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham, 2017" authorityName="Abdelsalam &amp; Taylor &amp; Dorgham" authorityYear="2017" box="[375,571,1232,1256]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Lanceoporidae" genus="Calyptotheca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="5" pageNumber="587" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="alexandriensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054312D280E4033BE1" box="[375,571,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">C. alexandriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B935F100A02700054027D29FE4B93BE1" bold="true" box="[578,641,1231,1256]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, rounded rather than arch-shaped, and opens in the plane of the frontal surface of the zooid instead of being steeply inclined.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BFE2D12A027000542A2D347E5393A39" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1328]" box="[199,769,1303,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">
<emphasis id="B935F100A027000542A2D347E7583A39" bold="true" box="[199,352,1303,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Harbour,
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,
<collectingCountry id="F3566D82A027000540D3D348E4C53A39" box="[694,765,1304,1328]" name="Egypt" pageId="5" pageNumber="587">Egypt</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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