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(
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AF, 9AD, 10AF, 11AD,
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, p. 324, pl. 10e;
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Scholz
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED734F893FCB7F8F6" box="[780,824,1875,1897]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. 2001
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, p. 222, fig. 5c;?
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED01FF895FB64F8F7" author="Gordon" box="[1063,1259,1874,1897]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Gordon, D. P., Hossain, M. M. &amp; Wood, T. (2007) The known and anticipated bryozoan diversity of Bangladesh. Journal of Taxonomy and Biodiversity Research, 1, 45 - 58." type="journal article" year="2007">
Gordon
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED045F893FB25F8F6" box="[1149,1194,1875,1897]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. 2007
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, p. 51, fig. 3c.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED4AFF8B6FE0CF818" box="[151,387,1905,1927]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Microporella orientalis</emphasis>
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var.
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED58DF8B5FDCCF818" author="Harmer" box="[437,579,1905,1927]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Harmer, S. F. (1957) The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition Part 4, Cheilostomata, Ascophora. II. Siboga-Expeditie, 28 d: i - xv, 641 - 1147." type="journal article" year="1957">Harmer, 1957</bibRefCitation>
, p. 963, pl. 62, fig. 30;?dHondt 1988, p. 194.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED4AFF857FE0CF839" box="[151,387,1936,1958]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Microporella orientalis</emphasis>
:
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, p. 329, figs 67df, pl. 24, figs 78, pl. 25, figs 12;?
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED07FF857FAC3F839" author="Zabala" box="[1095,1356,1936,1958]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Zabala, M. &amp; Maluquer, P. (1988) Illustrated keys for the classification of Mediterranean Bryozoa. Treballs del Museu Zoologia Barcelona, 4, 1 - 94." type="journal article" year="1988">Zabala &amp; Maluquer 1988</bibRefCitation>
, p. 140, fig. 338;
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, p. 279, figs 25ef.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED4AFF80AFEECF87C" box="[151,355,1997,2019]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Microporella ciliata</emphasis>
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var.
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:
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED63EF80AFD2CF87C" author="Thornely" box="[518,675,1997,2019]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Thornely, L. R. (1905) Report on the Polyzoa collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Report to the Government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar, by W. A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the marine biology of Ceylon, by other naturalists, 4 (Suppl. Report 26), Royal Society, London, pp. 107 - 130." type="book chapter" year="1905">Thornely, 1905</bibRefCitation>
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, p. 112.
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.
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: Selaata,
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, on cave wall,
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. Red Sea: (1) South Sinai, Ras Mohammed, Yolanda wreck,
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, on aluminium sheet,
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; (2) Safaga Bay, south to Ras Abu Soma, depth
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, 3 colonies on coral pieces,
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; Safaga Bay, west part of Safaga
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, one colony on
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sp.,
<date id="FF9064F6FFFDFFE1D602FEC3FD7AFE83" box="[570,757,260,284]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1992-09">September 1992</date>
; Safaga Bay, station A 1-2/2, 10 m, sand, one fragment,
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; Safaga Bay, transect B2, 42 m, one fragment on bivalve shell, date unknown. Indian Ocean: (1) south
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, Salalah, near Mirbat, Kelp Bay, right side, depth
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, 5 colonies on bivalve shells and coral pieces,
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; (2) south
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, Salalah, near Mirbat, depth
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, one colony on bivalve shell,
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; (3)
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, North
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Atoll, Helengeli Is.,
<date id="FF9064F6FFFDFFE1D6F9FE53FCC4FE33" box="[705,843,404,428]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1983-03">March 1983</date>
, one colony on bivalve shell, coll. F.F. Steininger; (4)
<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFFDFFE1D4AFFE70FEA4FE50" box="[151,299,439,463]" name="South Africa" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, Sodwana Bay, 2 Mile Reef, 1993, one colony on coral, coll. B. Riegl.
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D068FE7FFAE4FE4F" box="[1104,1387,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Other material examined</emphasis>
: (1) Balavoine Collection,
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n 7803, one colony labelled as
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D765FE1BFBFCFE6B" box="[861,1139,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Microporella umbracula</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFDFFE1D0BBFE1BFABCFE6B" author="Audouin" box="[1155,1331,476,500]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Audouin, V. (1826) Explication sommaire des planches de polypes de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiees par Jules-Cesar Savigny. In: Jomard, E. F. (Ed.), Description de l'Egypte. Histoire naturelle. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, pp. 225 - 244. Audouin, V. (1828) Explication sommaire des planches de Polypes de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiees par Jules-Cesar Savigny. In: Panckoucke, C. L. F. (ed.), Description de l'Egypte, tome 23. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Seconde edition. Imprimerie C. L. F. Panckoucke, Paris, pp. 40 - 78." type="book chapter" year="1826">Audouin, 1826</bibRefCitation>
)
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, Gulf of Suez, Al Sayad station X. (2) Specimen of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D6B8FDC7FCECFD87" box="[640,867,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Microporella ciliata</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFDFFE1D753FDC7FB83FD87" box="[875,1036,512,536]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="variety" variety="personata">
var.
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D7A4FDC6FB83FD87" box="[924,1036,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">personata</emphasis>
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from
<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFFDFFE1D06AFE38FB29FD88" box="[1106,1190,511,535]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
, Thornely Collection, NHM n 1999.7.19.18, SEM photos (courtesy M. Spencer Jones). (3) Specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFDFFE1D010FDE2FB29FDA3" box="[1064,1190,548,572]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D010FDE2FB29FDA3" box="[1064,1190,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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, Hayward collection, NHM n 1987.1.18.23, SEM photos (courtesy P.J. Hayward). (4) Specimens attributed to
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFDFFE1D10AFD8EFF47FD1B" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D10AFD8EFF47FD1B" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. orientalis</emphasis>
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from Heron
<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFFDFFE1D563FDABFE2DFD1B" box="[347,418,620,644]" name="Iceland" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Island</collectingCountry>
, Stn 25, Ryland &amp; Hayward collection, NHM n 1996.2.23.92, SEM photos (courtesy P.D. Taylor).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D4AFF8F0FE9DF8D2" bold="true" box="[151,274,1847,1870]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFDFFE1D520F8FEFE04F8D2" box="[280,395,1847,1870]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFDFFE1D520F8FEFE04F8D2" box="[280,395,1847,1870]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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, specimens from Red Sea, Safaga Bay (A, B) and Ras Mohammed (C), Indian Ocean, Oman (D, F) and SE Mediterranean, Selaata (E). A: part of colony with non-ovicellate zooids. B: Distal half of a cleaned non-ovicellate zooid. C: uncleaned non-ovicellate zooids with asymmetrical lanceolate mandibles. D: part of colony with ovicells. E: detail of a cleaned maternal zooid with ovicell showing the entooecium and the personate peristomial collar. F: ancestrula and peri-ancestrular zooids. Scale bars: A, C, D, F = 200 µm; B, E = 100 µm.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFCFFE0D4AFFCD0FE9CFCB2" bold="true" box="[151,275,791,814]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFCFFE0D522FCDEFE00FCB1" box="[282,399,792,814]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFCFFE0D522FCDEFE00FCB1" box="[282,399,792,814]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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, ascopore: variability of shape. A: S Africa, Indian Ocean. B: Safaga Bay, Red Sea. C: Oman, Indian Ocean. D: Ras Mohammed, Red Sea. Scale bars A-D = 10 µm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFCFFE0D4AFFB01FE90FB44" bold="true" box="[151,287,1222,1245]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFCFFE0D51DFB00FE17FB43" box="[293,408,1222,1244]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFCFFE0D51DFB00FE17FB43" box="[293,408,1222,1244]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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, primary orifice in specimens from different localities. Red Sea: Safaga Bay (A) and Ras Mohammed (F); Indian Ocean: S Africa (B), Oman (C) and Maldives (D); SE Mediterranean: Lebanon (E).
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFCFFE0D4AFF8FAFEAEF8CC" bold="true" box="[151,289,1853,1876]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFCFFE0D513F8F8FE2EF8CB" box="[299,417,1854,1876]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFCFFE0D513F8F8FE2EF8CB" box="[299,417,1854,1876]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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, mandible of avicularium. A: channelled rostrum and mandible folded over the frontal shield; S Africa, Indian Ocean. B: zooids with mandibles in resting position; note the more or less curled lanceolate wings; Oman, Indian Ocean. C: detail of an opened mandible showing the articulation, the stalk and the basal hook which clamps the mandible to the rostrum tip; Ras Mohammed, Red Sea. D: mandible in resting position, with a typical asymmetrical lanceolate shape; Oman, Indian Ocean. Scale bars: A, D = 50 µm; B = 200 µm; C = 25 µm.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D4FFFF50FED6FF2F" bold="true" box="[199,345,151,176]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Description.</emphasis>
Colony small or medium-sized, unilaminar. Autozooids quadrangular, hexagonal or oval, longer than broad (mean L/W =
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<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFFFFFE3D5C1FF7BFDD1FF4B" box="[505,606,188,212]" name="Lebanon" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
,
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Safaga Bay,
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); frontal shield weakly convex, ornamented with rounded grains, perforated by numerous pseudopores (4590) and 59 larger, elongated or oval marginal pores. Ascopore placed at distance from orifice, proximal border equivalent to orifice length or a little smaller, crescentic, median process rounded, either well-developed and broad or small, leaving C-shaped lumen partially filled with sharp denticles, sometimes ramified and fusing in transverse bars, surrounded by low rim. Primary orifice broader than long, with distal edge smooth and proximal edge serrated with 1120 (
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Selaata,
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,
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) sharp, triangular or conical denticles that are often slightly shorter in middle part of edge. Oral spines thin, vanishing in older ontogeny,
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most cases, occasionally 2 or 5. Avicularium single on left or right side, exceptionally paired (1 example in a South African colony), directed distolaterally, located slightly proximal to ascopore, but sometimes in a distal position; opesia notably broad (width of crossbar equal to or a little smaller than width of orifice proximal edge), crossbar complete and robust; rostrum short, channelled, with parallel sides or slightly flared at tip; mandible lanceolate with asymmetrical leaf-like projection, internal side broader than external one; two pointed lateral processes curved basally, leaning against rostrum tip. Double-walled ooecium with membranous ectooecium and calcified entooecium; latter globular, slightly broader than long, granular, bearing pseudopores that are distinctly smaller than those of frontal shield, scarcer on proximal third of ooecium; proximal edge forming slightly arched smooth rim; proximal part of ovicell personate, as a raised, granular collar distally adjacent to ascopore, overhanging orifice and fusing with proximal rim of entooecium; this proximal collar sometimes only partially developed or totally absent (2 cases in a South African colony). Ancestrula tatiform with narrow and smooth cryptocyst, bordered by 11 spines.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D4AFFC4BFE8BFC3E" bold="true" box="[151,260,908,929]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">TABLE 5.</emphasis>
Morphometrics (in µm) of specimens of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D69CFC4AFC98FC3D" box="[676,791,908,930]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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from SE Mediterranean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Length (L) and width (W) of autozooid (Az), ovicell (Ov), primary orifice (Or) and avicularium mandible (Md). Mean standard deviation, range and number of measurements (in brackets).
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<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFFFFFE3D4C2FC3DFEDCFB8F" box="[250,339,1018,1040]" name="Lebanon" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
S Sinai Safaga
<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFFFFFE3D760FC3CFC19FB8F" box="[856,918,1019,1040]" name="Oman" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Oman</collectingCountry>
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S Africa
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D4FDF967FEB6F927" bold="true" box="[197,313,1696,1720]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFFFFE3D578F967FDB9F927" box="[320,566,1696,1720]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D578F967FDB9F927" box="[320,566,1696,1720]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Microporella harmeri</emphasis>
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was introduced by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFFFFE3D72CF958FC42F928" author="Hayward" box="[788,973,1695,1719]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Hayward, P. J. (1988) Mauritian cheilostome Bryozoa. Journal of Zoology, London, 215, 269 - 356." type="journal article" year="1988">Hayward (1988)</bibRefCitation>
for specimens from
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characterized in particular by three ephemeral spines, a primary orifice with finely crenulate proximal border, maternal zooids with a peristome formed by a prominent proximal lip, and unpaired avicularia with a large opesia and a lanceolate mandible with broad, asymmetric, lateral flaps. This very particular mandible shape was noticed first by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFFFFE3D4AFF8F6FE18F8D8" author="Harmer" box="[151,407,1839,1864]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Harmer, S. F. (1957) The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition Part 4, Cheilostomata, Ascophora. II. Siboga-Expeditie, 28 d: i - xv, 641 - 1147." type="journal article" year="1957" yearSuffix="p">Harmer (1957, p. 504)</bibRefCitation>
in specimens from the Indian Ocean recorded as
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D7E9F8F6FBECF8D7" box="[977,1123,1840,1864]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
var., synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFFFFE3D145F8F6FF7EF8F3" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D145F8F6FF7EF8F3" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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.
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFFFFE3D5D8F893FD6BF8F3" box="[480,740,1876,1900]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D5D8F893FD6BF8F3" box="[480,740,1876,1900]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Microporella orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFFFFE3D6D4F892FCC8F8F3" box="[748,839,1877,1900]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="variety" variety="was">var. was</taxonomicName>
recorded from Eilat by dHondt (1988) without comment or illustration. When recording
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFFFFE3D606F8BFFCAEF80F" box="[574,801,1912,1936]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D606F8BFFCAEF80F" box="[574,801,1912,1936]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Microporella ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFFFFE3D711F8BEFB9CF810" authority="Busk" authorityName="Busk" box="[809,1043,1911,1936]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="variety" variety="personata">
var.
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE3D763F8BEFC44F80F" box="[859,971,1913,1936]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">personata</emphasis>
, Busk
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from the Gulf of Manaar,
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,
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specified that &quot;The avicularia on the
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specimens have wing-like membranous extensions of the sides of the mandibles&quot;. This record was included by
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in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFFFFE2D131F807FE8CFF2F" italics="true" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="20" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Microporella orientalis</emphasis>
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var. SEM photos of one of these
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specimens in the NHM (courtesy of M. Spencer Jones) allowed confirmation of its identity with
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D628FF7AFD1DFF4B" box="[528,658,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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based on the typical personate ovicells, avicularia with particularly broad opesiae and the proximal edge of the orifices having pointed teeth.
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<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED4AFFBECFE03FBDE" box="[151,396,1067,1089]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">AzL 479.4 ±35.6</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED5F2FBECFDDCFBDE" box="[458,595,1067,1089]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">594.5 ±44.9</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED6A9FBECFC94FBDE" box="[657,795,1067,1089]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">509.1± 44.7</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED760FBECFC6EFBDE" box="[856,993,1067,1089]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">562.3 ±34.8</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED027FBECFB26FBDE" box="[1055,1193,1067,1089]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">687.2 ±59.7</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED0DFFBECFA13FBDE" box="[1255,1436,1067,1089]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">522± 43.6</th>
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<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED4AFFB92FE03FB0B" box="[151,396,1109,1172]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">- 440540 (16) AzW 401.8± 55.5</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED5F2FB92FDDCFB0B" box="[458,595,1109,1172]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">535660 (10) 506.5 ± 66.1</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED6A9FB92FC94FB0B" box="[657,795,1109,1172]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">410620 (65) 406± 49.5</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED760FB92FC6EFB0B" box="[856,993,1109,1172]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">470630 (26) 417.3± 36.0</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED027FB92FB26FB0B" box="[1055,1193,1109,1172]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">600800 (18) 496.1± 46.0</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED0DFFB92FA13FB0B" box="[1255,1436,1109,1172]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">440600 /(20) 409.5 ±48.2</td>
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<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED4AFFB6FFE03FA13" box="[151,396,1192,1420]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">- 300485 (16) OvL 255.1 ± 25.0 - 205300 (12) OvW 291.5 ± 20.4 - 240320 (12) OrL 74.7 ± 3.3</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED5F2FB6FFDDCFA13" box="[458,595,1192,1420]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">435630 (10) 292.5 ± 31.4 245340 (10) 345.0 ± 19.7 315365 (10) -</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED6A9FB6FFC94FA13" box="[657,795,1192,1420]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">310550 (65) - - - - 80.6 ± 6.5</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED760FB6FFC6EFA13" box="[856,993,1192,1420]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">350480 (26) 228.4 ± 19.2 180260 (19) 278.9 ± 38.3 220320 (19) 88.3 ± 4.0</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED027FB6FFB26FA13" box="[1055,1193,1192,1420]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">410580 (18) 179.4 ± 14.8 160200 (16) 224.4 ± 8.9 210240 (16) 84.4 ± 6.8</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED0DFFB6FFA13FA13" box="[1255,1436,1192,1420]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">290500 (20) - - - - 89.5 ± 4.8</td>
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<tr id="351E4074FFFF000ED4AFFA67FA13F9C3" box="[151,1436,1440,1628]" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<th id="76CF2908FFFF000ED4AFFA67FE03F9C3" box="[151,396,1440,1628]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">- 7080 (6) OrW 109.4 ± 7.0 - 100115 (9) MdL 188.8 ± 25.6 - 145240 (17)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED5F2FA67FDDCF9C3" box="[458,595,1440,1628]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">- 123.4 ± 4.7 117128 (5) 273.1 ± 30.0 216316 (9)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED6A9FA67FC94F9C3" box="[657,795,1440,1628]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">7290 (55) 106.7 ± 7.6 90120 (55) 245 ± 16 210260 (8)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED760FA67FC6EF9C3" box="[856,993,1440,1628]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">8095 (26) 107.9 ± 7.1 90120 (26) 258.7 ± 17.2 240300(26)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED027FA67FB26F9C3" box="[1055,1193,1440,1628]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">7090 (18) 110.3 ± 8.1 100120 (18) 260.3 ± 16.6 230290 (15)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFFF000ED0DFFA67FA13F9C3" box="[1255,1436,1440,1628]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">80100 (20) 120 ± 6.5 110135 (20) 266 ± 30.6 210300 (10)</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B914236FFFEFFE2D4FFFEC3FED0FBC7" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
Specimens from the Indian Ocean (south
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,
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,
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), Red Sea (Ras Mohammed, Safaga Bay) and southeastern Mediterranean (
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) are ascribed to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D75DFEEEFC6BFEDF" box="[869,996,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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with a good level of confidence. All of the specimens found on artificial substrata (Ras Mohammed) or on bivalve shells and coral rubble (remainder of material) present orifices with a finely denticulate proximal edge, three thin ephemeral spines, personate ovicells with a raised peristome and single avicularia with large opesia and leaf-like mandibles with asymmetric lobes. Although the number of teeth on the proximal edge of the orifice can vary among these specimens, their shape is remarkably constant (
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) and is similar to that observed in specimens studied by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D052FE1BFAACFE6B" author="Hayward" box="[1130,1315,476,500]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Hayward, P. J. (1988) Mauritian cheilostome Bryozoa. Journal of Zoology, London, 215, 269 - 356." type="journal article" year="1988">Hayward (1988)</bibRefCitation>
and
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. The shape of the leaf-like mandibles is also very constant among Red Sea and Indian Ocean specimens (
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C, 11) and similar to that of mandibles illustrated by
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Harmer (1957, pl. 62, fig. 30, Kei Isl.,
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)
</bibRefCitation>
,
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Hayward (1988, pl. 10e,
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)
</bibRefCitation>
and
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Scholz
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D646FD8EFD39FDFF" box="[638,694,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al.</emphasis>
(2001
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, fig. 5c,
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). The only differences are observed among Lebanese colonies, which have mandibles with narrower wings and smaller frontal and marginal pores. In all our specimens, the lower face of the mandible presents pointed lateral processes on both sides of the proximal end of the rachis, which inserts in the channelled rostrum. However, when the broadest side of the mandible is particularly developed with a proximal lobe, the process corresponding to it on the back side is generally much less developed (
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) or even missing (
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). Examination of numerous dry mandibles in the
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and South African material showed that there is only one mandible
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, but curling of their wings when drying often results in a narrow setiform shape. This result contrasts with the dimorphism observed in colonies of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D042FC82FB75FCC3" box="[1146,1274,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D11EFC83FF54FCE0" author="Shirakawa" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Shirakawa, S. (1999) Five species of Microporella (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Ascophora) with personate ovicells found from the bryozoan collection in the Natural History Museum, London. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, unpubl. MSc thesis." type="book" year="1999">Shirakawa (1999</bibRefCitation>
,
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D4D0FCAFFE9DFC1F" box="[232,274,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">fide</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D523FCA0FDB2FCE0" author="Taylor" box="[283,573,871,895]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Taylor, P. D. &amp; Mawatari, S. F. (2005) Preliminary overview of the cheilostome bryozoan Microporella. In: Moyano, H. I. G., Cancino, J. M. &amp; Wyse Jackson, P. N. (Eds), Bryozoan Studies 2004. A. A. Balkema Publishers, London, pp. 329 - 339." type="journal article" year="2005">Taylor &amp; Mawatari 2005</bibRefCitation>
). The shape and development of the ascopore are relatively variable within colonies and between localities (
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). The median process was particularly developed and broad in specimens from Safaga Bay and
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. The presence in specimens from
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of orifices with a denticulate proximal rim, 3-4 oral spines and unpaired avicularia, among other characters, allowed
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D07EFC13FAA0FC73" box="[1094,1327,980,1004]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Gordon, D. P., Hossain, M. M. &amp; Wood, T. (2007) The known and anticipated bryozoan diversity of Bangladesh. Journal of Taxonomy and Biodiversity Research, 1, 45 - 58." type="journal article">
Gordon
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D09CFC12FB59FC73" box="[1188,1238,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al</emphasis>
. (2007)
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to assign them to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D4CAFC3EFEFEFB8F" box="[242,369,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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. However, this attribution may be questionable in the absence of data on the mandible
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and because the avicularian opesia appears to be smaller than in
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D705FBDAFC32FBAB" box="[829,957,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as in
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D07AFBDAFB52FBAB" box="[1090,1245,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. ventricosa</emphasis>
Canu &amp; Bassler, 1929
</taxonomicName>
(see below).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D4FFFBA3FE30FBE3" box="[199,447,1124,1148]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D4FFFBA3FE30FBE3" box="[199,447,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Microporella harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also occurs in the Eastern Atlantic. This is evidenced by the precise illustrations and description of specimens from the Canary Islands attributed to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D762FB4EFC65FB3F" box="[858,1002,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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. These specimens have all typical features of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D5F0FB6AFDC7FB5B" box="[456,584,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
including those associated with the ovicell (personate structure), the orifice (spines, denticulation) and the avicularium, particularly the broad opesia and the mandible with asymmetric lateral flaps and pointed processes on the lower face.
</paragraph>
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A specimen from the Gulf of Suez labelled as
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D6F2FADFFC52FAAF" box="[714,989,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Microporella umbracula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Balavoine Collection (MNHN n° 7803) is a
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D535FAFBFE2FFACB" box="[269,416,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species with personate maternal zooids and single avicularia with a broad lanceolate mandible. These features may correspond to
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D665FAA6FD52FAE7" box="[605,733,1376,1400]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D665FAA6FD52FAE7" box="[605,733,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B914236FFFEFFE2D4FFFA43FB16F997" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
The
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of denticulate proximal edge and the shape of avicularium rostrum and mandible of specimens from Heron
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, Great Barrier Reef, attributed by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D681FA6FFC72FA5F" author="Ryland" box="[697,1021,1448,1472]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Ryland, J. S. &amp; Hayward, P. J. (1992) Bryozoa from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of Queensland Museum, 32, 223 - 301." type="journal article" year="1992">Ryland and Hayward (1992)</bibRefCitation>
to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D01DFA6EFB36FA5F" box="[1061,1209,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
suggested that they belong to
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D533FA0AFE03FA7B" box="[267,396,1484,1508]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D533FA0AFE03FA7B" box="[267,396,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This was subsequently confirmed by checking unpublished SEM photos (courtesy of P.D. Taylor) of these specimens kept in the Natural History Museum, London (n° 1996.2.23.92).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B914236FFFEFFE2D4FFF9D3FB97F8EE" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D4FFF9D3FD45F9B3" author="Zabala" box="[199,714,1556,1580]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Zabala, M. &amp; Maluquer, P. (1988) Illustrated keys for the classification of Mediterranean Bryozoa. Treballs del Museu Zoologia Barcelona, 4, 1 - 94." type="journal article" year="1988" yearSuffix="p">Zabala and Maluquer (1988, p. 140, fig. 338)</bibRefCitation>
included in their key to the Mediterranean species of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D10BF9D2FF44F9CF" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D10BF9D2FF44F9CF" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
one that they ascribed to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D5D1F9FEFDF6F9CF" box="[489,633,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and characterized by personate ovicells (“expansions of the ovicell surrounding the aperture, often forming a tube rising above the orifice or curving towards the ascopore”) and single avicularia having “mandible setiform, with a pair of hook-shaped processes, situated halfway along its length”. Curiously, although their description was copied from
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D6C0F963FB88F923" author="Hayward" box="[760,1031,1700,1724]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Hayward, P. J. (1974) Studies on the cheilostome bryozoan fauna of the Aegean island of Chios. Journal of Natural History, 8, 369 - 402." type="journal article" year="1974" yearSuffix="p">Hayward (1974, p. 381)</bibRefCitation>
, who gave no illustration of a single specimen from Chios ascribed to
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D629F90EFC2DF97F" authority="Zabala and Maluquer" authorityName="Zabala and Maluquer" box="[529,930,1736,1760]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D629F90EFD2DF97F" box="[529,674,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. orientalis</emphasis>
, Zabala and Maluquer
</taxonomicName>
illustrated their key with a drawing showing orifices with denticulate proximal edge, avicularia with particularly wide opesia and, in contradiction with their description, a mandible bearing two almost symmetrical lateral flaps. This Mediterranean (?) species, noted by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D4AFF8F3FE6BF8D3" author="Zabala" box="[151,484,1844,1868]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Zabala, M. &amp; Maluquer, P. (1988) Illustrated keys for the classification of Mediterranean Bryozoa. Treballs del Museu Zoologia Barcelona, 4, 1 - 94." type="journal article" year="1988">Zabala and Maluquer (1988)</bibRefCitation>
as rare but without indication of origin, differs from that described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D10DF8F3FF6BF8EF" author="Hayward" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Hayward, P. J. (1974) Studies on the cheilostome bryozoan fauna of the Aegean island of Chios. Journal of Natural History, 8, 369 - 402." type="journal article" year="1974">Hayward (1974)</bibRefCitation>
; it is not
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D573F89EFE53F8EF" box="[331,476,1880,1904]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D573F89EFE53F8EF" box="[331,476,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and could belong to the
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D6C9F89EFCFFF8EF" box="[753,880,1880,1904]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D6C9F89EFCFFF8EF" box="[753,880,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B914236FFFEFFE5D4FFF8BBFA03FEA0" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2012]" lastBlockId="20.[151,1437,151,932]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D4FFF8BBFE33F80B" ID-CoL="43482" box="[199,444,1916,1940]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D4FFF8BBFE33F80B" box="[199,444,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Microporella harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has many features in common with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFFEFFE2D76FF8BBFE2AF827" ID-CoL="4349X" authority="Soule, Chaney &amp; Morris, 2003" authorityName="Soule, Chaney &amp; Morris" authorityYear="2003" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporelloides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="hawaiiensis" subGenus="Patorporella">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D76FF8BBFB98F80B" box="[855,1047,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Microporelloides</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D011F8BBFB37F80B" box="[1065,1208,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Patorporella</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFFEFFE2D0F1F8BBFAC2F80B" box="[1225,1357,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">hawaiiensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFFEFFE2D16DF8BBFE2AF827" author="Soule" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Soule, D. F., Chaney, H. W. &amp; Morris, P. A. (2003) New taxa of Microporellidae from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Irene McCulloch Foundation Monograph series, 6, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="2003">Soule, Chaney &amp; Morris, 2003</bibRefCitation>
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, particularly three spines, marginal areolae, denticulate proximal edge of orifice, personate maternal zooids with porous ooecia, and similarly shaped ascopore and avicularia. However, lanceolate mandibles were not noted in
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D567FF5EFD87FF2F" ID-CoL="4349X" box="[351,520,152,176]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporelloides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="hawaiiensis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D567FF5EFD87FF2F" box="[351,520,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. hawaiiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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Soule
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D64FFF5EFD20FF2F" box="[631,687,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">et al.</emphasis>
(2003)
</bibRefCitation>
and the ascopore is clearly distant from the personate collar instead of being adjacent to it as in
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D626FF7AFD12FF4B" ID-CoL="43482" box="[542,669,188,212]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D626FF7AFD12FF4B" box="[542,669,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Another similar species is
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D7E8FF7BFDC3FF68" ID-CoL="4349Y" authority="Soule, Chaney &amp; Morris, 2004" authorityName="Soule, Chaney &amp; Morris" authorityYear="2004" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporelloides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="lepueana" subGenus="Microporelloides">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D7E8FF7BFB1FFF4B" box="[976,1168,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Microporelloides</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D098FF7BFAEFFF4B" box="[1184,1376,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Microporelloides</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D148FF7BFF54FF67" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">lepueana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFF9FFE5D4DDFF18FDC3FF68" author="Soule" box="[229,588,223,247]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" refString="Soule, D. F., Chaney, H. W. &amp; Morris, P. A. (2004) Additional new species of Microporelloides from southern California and American Samoa. Irene McCulloch Foundation Monograph series, 6 A, 1 - 14." type="journal article" year="2004">Soule, Chaney &amp; Morris, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, but it sometimes has paired frontal avicularia. These two Pacific species obviously constitute a species group with
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D6B3FEC2FC97FE83" box="[651,792,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D6B3FEC2FC9BFE83" ID-CoL="43482" box="[651,788,260,284]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">M. harmeri</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Considering the geographical distribution of the latter (Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean), it might be possible that several cryptic species remain to be identified.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B914236FFF9FFE5D4FFFE8BFA8CFC3B" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,932]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
Assessment of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D54AFE8BFD8AFEFB" ID-CoL="84QDL" box="[370,517,332,356]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D54AFE8BFD8AFEFB" box="[370,517,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens from the Albatross expedition to the
<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFF9FFE5D014FE8BFB10FEFB" box="[1068,1183,332,356]" name="Philippines" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Philippine</collectingCountry>
Archipelago (Canu &amp; Bassler 1929), in the USNM, Washington, revealed unexpected taxonomic connections. SEM examination revealed that several specimens ascribed to
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D6BEFE52FD7BFE33" ID-CoL="4347F" box="[646,756,404,428]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D6BEFE52FD7BFE33" box="[646,756,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Canu &amp; Bassler 1929, p. 331, pl. 40, figs 24) are conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D530FE7EFD11FE50" authority="Canu &amp; Bassler, 1929" authorityName="Canu &amp; Bassler" authorityYear="1929" box="[264,670,439,464]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ventricosa">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D530FE7EFE2DFE4F" box="[264,418,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. ventricosa</emphasis>
Canu &amp; Bassler, 1929
</taxonomicName>
(p. 333, pl. 40, fig. 6), whose characters indicate evident similarities with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D4F7FE1AFEC1FE6B" ID-CoL="43482" box="[207,334,476,500]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D4F7FE1AFEC1FE6B" box="[207,334,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
<typeStatus id="5495FC94FFF9FFE5D5B7FE1BFE7EFE6B" box="[399,497,476,500]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D62DFE1AFD20FE6B" box="[533,687,477,500]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ventricosa">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D62DFE1AFD20FE6B" box="[533,687,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. ventricosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 8109, Albatross Stn 5217) and specimens identified as
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D145FE1AFF50FD87" ID-CoL="4347F" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D145FE1AFF50FD87" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Canu and Bassler (USNM 8103, 8104, 8105, 8106) display primary orifices with a denticulate proximal edge as in
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D52FFDE2FE16FDA3" ID-CoL="43482" box="[279,409,548,572]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D52FFDE2FE16FDA3" box="[279,409,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a feature not mentioned by Canu and Bassler, and other characters also observed in
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D145FDE2FF7EFDFF" ID-CoL="43482" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D145FDE2FF7EFDFF" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g. single avicularium, granular frontal wall). However, this set of specimens including
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D0C7FD8EFA14FDFF" box="[1279,1435,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. ventricosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D51BFDAAFE2DFD1B" ID-CoL="43482" box="[291,418,620,644]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="harmeri">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D51BFDAAFE2DFD1B" box="[291,418,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having 45 strong, not ephemeral oral spines, ascopores surrounded by a cup-like prominent rim and avicularia with a smaller opesia. The average ratio of the width of the avicularian crossbar to the width of the orifice proximal edge calculated on SEM photos is about
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those
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specimens while it reaches
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D561FD1EFE55FD6F" box="[345,474,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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. The ancestrula seen in specimen 8105 has a more developed cryptocyst than in our specimens of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D50FFD3AFE36FC8B" box="[311,441,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Therefore, we consider that
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D72BFD3AFC3EFC8B" box="[787,945,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. ventricosa</emphasis>
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differs significantly from
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D0DCFD3AFAE8FC8B" box="[1252,1383,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M. harmeri</emphasis>
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, but belongs with the latter and with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFF9FFE5D632FCE6FD3AFCA7" ID-CoL="4349X" box="[522,693,800,824]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporelloides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="hawaiiensis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D632FCE6FDAEFCA7" box="[522,545,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D609FCE7FD3AFCA7" box="[561,693,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">hawaiiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D6D7FCE6FC89FCA7" box="[751,774,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFF9FFE5D72EFCE7FCF2FCA7" box="[790,893,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">lepueana</emphasis>
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in a distinct species complex. It also should be noted that the set of USNM specimens mentioned might belong to more than one species. Personate ovicells seen in 8103 have oral spines in the corners of the personate structure, whereas they are absent in the ovicells of 8106. There is a conspicuous rim around the avicularia in specimens 8103, 8104 and 8105, but not in 8106.
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</subSubSection>
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