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AF,
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?
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, p. 67 (1828);
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, pl. 9, fig. 5.12.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE1FFFDD4AFF8D2FEECF8B4" box="[151,355,1813,1835]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Microporella ciliata</emphasis>
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, p. 42.
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, p. 321, fig. 67ac, pl. 24, figs 13.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE1FFFDD4AFF894FE0CF8F6" box="[151,387,1875,1897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Microporella orientalis</emphasis>
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:?
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Tilbrook
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE1FFFDD5C2F893FDA2F8F6" box="[506,557,1875,1897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
2001
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, p. 87, figs 19 CD;?
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Sternhell
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE1FFFDD79FF893FC55F8F6" box="[935,986,1875,1897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">et al.</emphasis>
2002
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, p. 229, fig. 4b. Not
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, p. 102, pl. 38 CD.
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10 x
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, one colony on pottery debris,
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; (2) Batroun, “Phoenician wall,
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, two colonies on serpulid tubes,
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, two colonies on stone,
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shell,
<date id="FF9064F6FFE0FFFCD053FF18FABFFF68" box="[1131,1328,223,247]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1999-10-21">21 October 1999</date>
; (5) Tyre (Sour), El Kasmieh,
<quantity id="4CD6EFD3FFE0FFFCD547FEC3FE6BFE83" box="[383,484,260,284]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" metricValueMax="4.2" metricValueMin="3.6" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="39.0" valueMax="42.0" valueMin="36.0">3642 m</quantity>
, two colonies on shell,
<date id="FF9064F6FFE0FFFCD6D5FEC3FC22FE83" box="[749,941,260,284]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1999-10-25">25 October 1999</date>
. Red Sea: (1) South Sinai, Ras Mohammed, Yolanda wreck,
<quantity id="4CD6EFD3FFE0FFFCD559FEE0FE12FEA0" box="[353,413,295,319]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="18.0">18 m</quantity>
, 10 colonies on aluminium plates,
<date id="FF9064F6FFE0FFFCD711FEE0FC4CFEA0" box="[809,963,295,320]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1983-05-15">15 May 1983</date>
; (2) Safaga Bay, transect B2, depth
<quantity id="4CD6EFD3FFE0FFFCD163FEE0FA18FEA0" box="[1371,1431,295,319]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="42.0">42 m</quantity>
, one colony on
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE0FFFCD505FE8BFE4EFEFB" box="[317,449,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Cymodocea</emphasis>
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sp.; (3) Safaga Bay, west part of Safaga Is., transect A5, 1
<quantity id="4CD6EFD3FFE0FFFCD066FE8BFB03FEFB" box="[1118,1164,332,356]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="2.0">2 m</quantity>
, 6 colonies on
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE0FFFCD10DFE8BFF31FE17" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Cymodocea</emphasis>
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sp.,
<date id="FF9064F6FFE0FFFCD4CAFEA8FE23FE18" box="[242,428,367,391]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1992-09">September 1992</date>
.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE0FFFCD4AFF996FE9CF9F8" bold="true" box="[151,275,1617,1640]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE0FFFCD521F994FE0FF9F7" box="[281,384,1619,1640]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. genisii</emphasis>
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, specimens from Ras Mohammed, Red Sea. A: cleaned non-ovicellate zooid with relatively large pseudopores and small nodules, ascopore with poorly developed median process, avicularium and orifice with 4 spines. B: maternal zooid with entooecium with small pseudopores and personate peristomial collar leaving apparent a pair of oral spines at the junction with the vizor of the ovicell. C: primary orifice with smooth distal edge and proximal edge sculptured with low beads. D: avicularium in open position showing the gutter-shaped lower side of mandible and pointed processes; note the nearly round ascopore. E: young colony with ancestrula and peri-ancestrular zooids including early-formed ovicells. F: calcified part of avicularium. Scale bars: A, B = 100 µm; C, D, F = 50 µm; E = 200 µm.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE0FFFCD4FFF880FED6F8FF" bold="true" box="[199,345,1863,1888]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Description.</emphasis>
Colony small or medium-sized, unilaminar. Autozooids relatively small, mainly hexagonal or oval, longer than broad (in average, L/W = 1.31.4); frontal shield coarsely granular, perforated with 1830 irregularly scattered pseudopores; marginal elongate areolae occasionally visible. Ascopore separated from proximal border of orifice by a distance shorter than orifice length, oval or slightly compressed distally; median process not very prominent in most cases or even absent, with 815 short denticles leaving a wide lumen; surrounded by a thick, prominent rim, frequently with a proximal bulge (particularly in Lebanese colonies and in Red Sea colonies collected on sea-grasses). Primary orifice wider than long; distolateral edge (anter) smooth; proximal border straight and crenulate with 816 low, flat or rounded beads, and without condyles at the corners. Oral spines slen- der,
<quantity id="4CD6EFD3FFE3FFFFD4FFFEC3FF7DFE83" box="[199,242,260,284]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.016" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" unit="in" value="4.0">4 in</quantity>
most cases, sometimes 3 or 5 (
<quantity id="4CD6EFD3FFE3FFFFD676FEC3FDF6FE83" box="[590,633,260,284]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.524" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" unit="in" value="6.0">6 in</quantity>
zone of astogenetic change). Avicularium single, on right or left, sometimes missing, lateral or proximolateral to ascopore, orientated distolaterally or laterally; opesia moderate-sized; rostrum short, with narrow truncated tip; mandible elongated, lanceolate, shorter than autozooid width, guttershaped on lower side when dry, bearing 2 pointed lateral processes curved basally, which lean against rostrum tip. Ovicells often numerous and appearing early among post-ancestrular zooids (
<figureCitation id="13155EB3FFE3FFFFD026FE53FBEBFE33" box="[1054,1124,404,428]" captionStart="FIGURE 7. M" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1617,1640]" captionTargetBox="[382,1204,445,1602]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[382,1204,445,1603]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. M. genisii, specimens from Ras Mohammed, Red Sea. A: cleaned non-ovicellate zooid with relatively large pseudopores and small nodules, ascopore with poorly developed median process, avicularium and orifice with 4 spines. B: maternal zooid with entooecium with small pseudopores and personate peristomial collar leaving apparent a pair of oral spines at the junction with the vizor of the ovicell. C: primary orifice with smooth distal edge and proximal edge sculptured with low beads. D: avicularium in open position showing the gutter-shaped lower side of mandible and pointed processes; note the nearly round ascopore. E: young colony with ancestrula and peri-ancestrular zooids including early-formed ovicells. F: calcified part of avicularium. Scale bars: A, B = 100 µm; C, D, F = 50 µm; E = 200 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207240/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
E), ooecium double-walled with membranous ectooecium visible in non-cleaned colonies; entooecium thickly calcified, globular, granular, perforated with tiny pseudopores, which may be filled in with calcification; proximal edge bordered by smooth rim. Maternal zooids with personate peristome formed by arched collar rising vertically close to ascopore and sometimes hiding it partially, fused side by side with proximal rim of ooecium; 12 oral spines often visible at corners where ooecium and proximal collar meet. In some colonies from Safaga Bay, Red Sea, ovicells with either fully or partially developed or even missing proximal collar were co-occurring. Ancestrula tatiform with 11 or 12 spines and narrow cryptocyst, budding 2 distal autozooids.
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD4AFFD1FFE8AFD72" bold="true" box="[151,261,728,749]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">TABLE 4.</emphasis>
Morphometrics (in µm) of specimens of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD689FD1EFC97FD71" box="[689,792,729,750]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">M. genisii</emphasis>
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from Lebanon (5 localities), Ras Mohammed and Safaga Bay. 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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<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFC81FE34FCC3" box="[151,443,838,860]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lebanon</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FC81FCB9FCC3" box="[684,822,838,860]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S Sinai</th>
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FC81FA12FCC3" box="[1064,1437,838,860]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Safaga</th>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFCBFFA12FC11" box="[151,1437,888,910]" gridrow="1" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFCBFFE34FC11" box="[151,443,888,910]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">AzL 383.5 ±31.6</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FCBFFCB9FC11" box="[684,822,888,910]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">475.8± 33.9</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FCBFFA12FC11" box="[1064,1437,888,910]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">436.7 ±25.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFC66FA12FC27" box="[151,1437,929,952]" gridrow="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFC66FE34FC27" box="[151,443,929,952]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 320440 (23)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FC66FCB9FC27" box="[684,822,929,952]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">440530 (18)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FC66FA12FC27" box="[1064,1437,929,952]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">380490 (27)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFC0DFA12FC7F" box="[151,1437,970,992]" gridrow="3" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFC0DFE34FC7F" box="[151,443,970,992]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">AzW 280.0 ±34.7</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FC0DFCB9FC7F" box="[684,822,970,992]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">372.6 ±51.9</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FC0DFA12FC7F" box="[1064,1437,970,992]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">309.6± 28.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFC34FA12FB95" box="[151,1437,1011,1034]" gridrow="4" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFC34FE34FB95" box="[151,443,1011,1034]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 245400 (23)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FC34FCB9FB95" box="[684,822,1011,1034]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">295485 (18)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FC34FA12FB95" box="[1064,1437,1011,1034]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">250380 (27)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFBDAFA12FBAC" box="[151,1437,1053,1075]" gridrow="5" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFBDAFE34FBAC" box="[151,443,1053,1075]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">OvL 186.3 ±12.5</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FBDAFCB9FBAC" box="[684,822,1053,1075]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">182.2 ±9.5</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FBDAFA12FBAC" box="[1064,1437,1053,1075]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">192.2± 11.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFB81FA12FBC2" box="[151,1437,1094,1117]" gridrow="6" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFB81FE34FBC2" box="[151,443,1094,1117]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 170205 (17)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FB81FCB9FBC2" box="[684,822,1094,1117]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">170200 (16)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FB81FA12FBC2" box="[1064,1437,1094,1117]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">170220 (38)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFBB7FA12FB19" box="[151,1437,1136,1158]" gridrow="7" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFBB7FE34FB19" box="[151,443,1136,1158]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">OvW 225.0 ±21.6</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FBB7FCB9FB19" box="[684,822,1136,1158]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">210.9 ±12.7</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FBB7FA12FB19" box="[1064,1437,1136,1158]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">217.1± 11.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFB5EFA12FB2F" box="[151,1437,1177,1200]" gridrow="8" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFB5EFE34FB2F" box="[151,443,1177,1200]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 195265 (17)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FB5EFCB9FB2F" box="[684,822,1177,1200]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">180230 (16)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FB5EFA12FB2F" box="[1064,1437,1177,1200]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">200250 (38)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFB05FA12FB47" box="[151,1437,1218,1240]" gridrow="9" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFB05FE34FB47" box="[151,443,1218,1240]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">OrL 58.8 ±4.4</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FB05FCB9FB47" box="[684,822,1218,1240]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">70.6 ±2.7</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FB05FA12FB47" box="[1064,1437,1218,1240]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">61.3± 3.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFB2CFA12FA9D" box="[151,1437,1259,1282]" gridrow="10" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFB2CFE34FA9D" box="[151,443,1259,1282]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 5065 (17)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FB2CFCB9FA9D" box="[684,822,1259,1282]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">6572 (7)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FB2CFA12FA9D" box="[1064,1437,1259,1282]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">6070 (15)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFAD2FA12FAB4" box="[151,1437,1301,1323]" gridrow="11" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFAD2FE34FAB4" box="[151,443,1301,1323]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">OrW 91.1 ±7.8</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FAD2FCB9FAB4" box="[684,822,1301,1323]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">111.5 ±5.3</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FAD2FA12FAB4" box="[1064,1437,1301,1323]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">94.3± 5.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFAF9FA12FACA" box="[151,1437,1342,1365]" gridrow="12" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFAF9FE34FACA" box="[151,443,1342,1365]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 80108 (17)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FAF9FCB9FACA" box="[684,822,1342,1365]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">105120 (14)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FAF9FA12FACA" box="[1064,1437,1342,1365]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">90105 (15)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFAAFFA12FAE1" box="[151,1437,1384,1406]" gridrow="13" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFAAFFE34FAE1" box="[151,443,1384,1406]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">MdL 155.8± 13.2</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FAAFFCB9FAE1" box="[684,822,1384,1406]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">181.8± 17.7</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FAAFFA12FAE1" box="[1064,1437,1384,1406]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">200.4 ±10.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="351E4074FFE3000ED4AFFA56FA12FA37" box="[151,1437,1425,1448]" gridrow="14" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<th id="76CF2908FFE3000ED4AFFA56FE34FA37" box="[151,443,1425,1448]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- 145180 (6)</th>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED694FA56FCB9FA37" box="[684,822,1425,1448]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">160220 (16)</td>
<td id="76CF2908FFE3000ED010FA56FA12FA37" box="[1064,1437,1425,1448]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">190220 (13)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="C33411BDFFE3FFFFD4FFFA20FC1AF817" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B914236FFE3FFFFD4FFFA20FC1AF817" blockId="14.[151,1436,1510,2034]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD4FFFA20FEB4FA60" bold="true" box="[199,315,1511,1535]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Remarks.</emphasis>
The beautiful Savigny drawing (pl. 9, fig. 5.2) of the Red Sea
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD7C1FA21FB03FA61" box="[1017,1164,1510,1534]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Microporella</emphasis>
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species named
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD105FA21FA00FA61" box="[1341,1423,1510,1534]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Flustra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
?
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD4AFF9CCFF67F9BD" box="[151,232,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Genisii</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE3FFFFD52BF9CDFE47F9BD" author="Audouin" box="[275,456,1546,1570]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" 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>
clearly shows personate ovicells, three to five oral spines, a single avicularium placed proximolaterally to ascopore and at a variable distance to it, directed distolaterally with long and narrow mandible, persistent and well visible; a round or oval ascopore, sometimes with median distal process and peripheral ring; conspicuous frontal nodules (or pseudopores?), round ovicell, slightly broader than long, maternal zooid with a personate collar adjacent to ascopore, vertical and relatively narrow, not completely fused with the ooecium rim but leaving a narrow suture. The close agreement in most respects between
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD78CF97CFB89F94C" box="[948,1030,1723,1747]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Flustra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
?
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD021F97BFBE5F94C" box="[1049,1130,1724,1747]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Genisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD0FFF97CFAD5F94C" box="[1223,1370,1723,1747]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens described here from
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and the Red Sea argues for considering the former as a valid
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE3FFFFD0ECF918FAE8F968" box="[1236,1383,1759,1783]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD0ECF918FAE8F968" box="[1236,1383,1759,1783]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Microporella</emphasis>
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species and for referring the latter to it. A
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has thus been selected among the Red Sea material. The only differences concern the crenulation of the proximal edge of the orifice and the paired spines at the proximal corners of the ooecium, which are missing in Savignys drawing. However, these tiny morphological characters were not observable with the optical means available in the early 19th century.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE3FFFFD4FFF854FE95F834" ID-CoL="84NQF" authority="Genisii" authorityName="Genisii" box="[199,282,1939,1963]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Flustridae" genus="Flustra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD4FFF854FE95F834" box="[199,282,1939,1963]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Flustra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
?
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE3FFFFD514F853FEF2F834" box="[300,381,1940,1963]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="14" pageNumber="26" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="genisii">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD514F853FEF2F834" box="[300,381,1940,1963]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Genisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was synonymized by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE3FFFFD64DF853FC94F834" author="Harmer" box="[629,795,1939,1963]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" 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>
with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE3FFFFD762F854FB6FF834" ID-CoL="4347F" authority="Pallas, 1766" authorityName="Pallas" authorityYear="1766" box="[858,1248,1939,1963]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD762F854FBB3F834" box="[858,1084,1939,1963]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Microporella ciliata</emphasis>
(Pallas, 1766)
</taxonomicName>
, the
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species of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE3FFFFD48FF871FEC5F851" ID-CoL="84QDL" box="[183,330,1974,1998]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD48FF871FEC5F851" box="[183,330,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, without comment. This opinion was already expressed by
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE3FFFFD7CAF871FB70F851" author="Hastings" box="[1010,1279,1974,1998]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" refString="Hastings, A. B. (1927) Cambridge expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Pt. 20. Report on the Polyzoa. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London, 22, 331 - 353." type="journal article" year="1927" yearSuffix="p">Hastings (1927, p. 242)</bibRefCitation>
and followed by dHondt (2006) in his review of the bryozoan species illustrated by Savigny.
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE3FFFFD022F81DFB22F86D" ID-CoL="84QDL" box="[1050,1197,2010,2034]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE3FFFFD022F81DFB22F86D" box="[1050,1197,2010,2034]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species with a single avicularium proximolateral to the ascopore and having a setiform mandible have often been ascribed to
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED110FF5EFA1BFF2F" ID-CoL="4347F" box="[1320,1428,152,176]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED110FF5EFA1BFF2F" box="[1320,1428,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to which a cosmopolitan distribution was often wrongly attributed. Recently, a
<typeStatus id="5495FC94FFE2FFFED031FF7BFBEDFF4B" box="[1033,1122,188,212]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED0BEFF7BFB7DFF4C" ID-CoL="4347F" box="[1158,1266,187,211]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED0BEFF7BFB7DFF4C" box="[1158,1266,187,211]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was chosen by Kuklinsky and
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED57DFF18FE6FFF68" box="[325,480,223,247]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Kuklinski, P. &amp; Taylor, P. D. (2008) Arctic species of the cheilostome bryozoan Microporella, with a redescription of the type species. Journal of Natural History, 42, 1893 - 1906." type="journal article">Taylor (2008)</bibRefCitation>
among specimens collected at Naples. The features of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED06FFF27FB4BFF68" ID-CoL="4347F" box="[1111,1220,223,247]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED06FFF27FB4BFF68" box="[1111,1220,223,247]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, now fixed by this
<typeStatus id="5495FC94FFE2FFFED4AFFEC4FF7FFE84" box="[151,240,259,283]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
designation, differ from those shown by specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED759FEC4FC40FE85" ID-CoL="4347F" box="[865,975,258,282]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED759FEC4FC40FE85" box="[865,975,258,282]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
commonly present in the Mediterranean and Adriatic (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED55BFEE1FE76FEA1" author="Gautier" box="[355,505,294,318]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Gautier, Y. V. (1962) Recherches ecologiques sur les Bryozoaires chilostomes en Mediterranee occidentale. Recueil Travaux Station Marine Endoume, 38, 1 - 434." type="journal article" year="1962">Gautier 1962</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED63DFEE1FCC5FEA1" author="Hayward" box="[517,842,294,318]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Hayward, P. J. &amp; McKinney, F. K. (2002) Northern Adriatic Bryozoa from the vicinity of Rovinj, Croatia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 270, 1 - 139." type="journal article" year="2002">Hayward &amp; McKinney 2002</bibRefCitation>
) or in British waters (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED049FEE1FA1FFEA1" author="Hayward" box="[1137,1424,294,318]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Hayward, P. J. &amp; Ryland, J. S. (1999) Cheilostomatous Bryozoa, Part 2. Hippothooidea-Celleporoidea. Synopses of the British Fauna (2 nd edn), 14, 1 - 424." type="journal article" year="1999">Hayward &amp; Ryland 1999</bibRefCitation>
). It also clearly differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED5F9FE8DFDBEFEFE" box="[449,561,330,353]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="genisii">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED5F9FE8DFDBEFEFE" box="[449,561,330,353]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, particularly in having orifices with the proximal edge finely serrated between distinct condyles and bordered by 14 oral spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B914236FFE2FFFED4FFFE57FDB0FDA7" blockId="15.[151,1436,151,1684]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
The Sinai and Safaga Bay specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED6BEFE56FD7AFE37" box="[646,757,401,424]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="genisii">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED6BEFE56FD12FE37" box="[646,669,401,424]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED693FE56FD7AFE37" box="[683,757,401,424]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">genisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from the Lebanese specimens in having a larger cystid size (mean AzL and AzW are respectively 24% and 33% larger in Sinai, and 14% and 11% larger in Safaga Bay) and a higher frequency of occurrence of one or two spines at the proximal corners of the ovicell. The other features, such as the number of spines, the ornamentation of the proximal side of the orifice, the avicularium, the personate ovicell and the ancestrula, are similar.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B914236FFE2FFFED4FFFD83FC86FBAF" blockId="15.[151,1436,151,1684]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED4FFFD83FE0BFDC3" author="Aristegui" box="[199,388,580,604]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Aristegui Ruiz, J. (1984) Briozoos quilostomados (Ectoprocta, Cheilostomata) de Canarias: Estudio sistematico, faunistico y biogeografico. Tesis Doctoral, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Las Palmas, i-iii, 1 - 524." type="book chapter" year="1984">Aristegui (1984)</bibRefCitation>
described in his unpublished thesis a new species of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED7C5FD83FB1FFDC3" ID-CoL="84QDL" box="[1021,1168,580,604]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED7C5FD83FB1FFDC3" box="[1021,1168,580,604]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Microporella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Tenerife, Canary Islands —
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED537FDAEFE22FD1F" ID-CoL="73HR4" box="[271,429,616,640]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="intermedia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED537FDAEFE22FD1F" box="[271,429,616,640]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. intermedia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269235FFFE2FFFED58CFDAFFD82FD1F" box="[436,525,616,640]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED58CFDAFFD82FD1F" bold="true" box="[436,525,616,640]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
— that he considered intermediate between
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED7C6FDAEFBE5FD1F" ID-CoL="4347F" box="[1022,1130,616,640]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ciliata">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED7C6FDAEFBE5FD1F" box="[1022,1130,616,640]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. ciliata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED098FDAEFF54FD3B" ID-CoL="4348V" authority="Harmer, 1957" authorityName="Harmer" authorityYear="1957" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED098FDAEFABEFD1F" box="[1184,1329,616,640]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. orientalis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED107FDAFFF5CFD3B" author="Harmer" 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>
)
</taxonomicName>
. This species name is a junior primary homonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED779FD4AFB21FD3B" ID-CoL="73HR4" authority="Livinstone, 1929" authorityName="Livinstone" authorityYear="1929" box="[833,1198,652,676]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="intermedia">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED779FD4AFC6DFD3B" box="[833,994,652,676]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. intermedia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED7D3FD4BFB21FD3B" author="Livinstone" box="[1003,1198,652,676]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Livingstone, A. A. (1929) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 16. XLIX. Bryozoa Cheilostomata from New Zealand. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 87, 4945 - 5104." type="journal article" year="1929">Livinstone, 1929</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, from
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, which clearly differs (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED58AFD77FDC8FD57" author="Gordon" box="[434,583,688,712]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Gordon, D. P. (1984) The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata from the Kermadec Ridge. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 91, 1 - 198." type="journal article" year="1984">Gordon 1984</bibRefCitation>
) from the Canarian species in many characters. Thus, according to the Principle of Priority,
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED564FD12FD38FD73" ID-CoL="73HR4" authority="Aristegui, 1984" authorityName="Aristegui" authorityYear="1984" box="[348,695,724,748]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="intermedia">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED564FD12FE71FD73" box="[348,510,724,748]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. intermedia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED63EFD13FD38FD73" author="Aristegui" box="[518,695,724,748]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Aristegui Ruiz, J. (1984) Briozoos quilostomados (Ectoprocta, Cheilostomata) de Canarias: Estudio sistematico, faunistico y biogeografico. Tesis Doctoral, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Las Palmas, i-iii, 1 - 524." type="book chapter" year="1984">Aristegui, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
is invalid. We consider that this Canarian species is conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="4C2E39B5FFE2FFFED4E9FD3EFECCFC8F" box="[209,323,761,784]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Microporellidae" genus="Microporella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="genisii">
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED4E9FD3EFECCFC8F" box="[209,323,761,784]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F33902A6FFE2FFFED5B2FD3FFE60FC8F" box="[394,495,760,784]" name="Lebanon" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
, South Sinai and Safaga Bay redescribed here. The identity of the specimens from the Canaries with the Lebanese and Red Sea specimens is attested by the following characters: four oral spines, one or two remaining visible in the ovicell corners; ascopore circular, oval or reniform, surrounded by a bulging ring; avicularia single, located below the ascopore, orientated distolaterally with an angle &lt;45, sometimes missing (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED4AFFC4FFECBFC3F" author="Aristegui" box="[151,324,904,928]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Aristegui Ruiz, J. (1984) Briozoos quilostomados (Ectoprocta, Cheilostomata) de Canarias: Estudio sistematico, faunistico y biogeografico. Tesis Doctoral, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Las Palmas, i-iii, 1 - 524." type="book chapter" year="1984">Aristegui 1984</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 24-2), with a narrow-lanceolate, gutter-shaped mandible moderately long, bearing two lateral processes on the lower side (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED5DAFC6BFC8DFC5B" author="Aristegui" box="[482,770,940,964]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Aristegui Ruiz, J. (1984) Briozoos quilostomados (Ectoprocta, Cheilostomata) de Canarias: Estudio sistematico, faunistico y biogeografico. Tesis Doctoral, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Las Palmas, i-iii, 1 - 524." type="book chapter" year="1984" yearSuffix="c">Aristegui 1984: fig. 67-c</bibRefCitation>
); ovicells personate (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBF3FC7FFE2FFFED7CCFC6BFA01FC5B" author="Aristegui" box="[1012,1422,940,964]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Aristegui Ruiz, J. (1984) Briozoos quilostomados (Ectoprocta, Cheilostomata) de Canarias: Estudio sistematico, faunistico y biogeografico. Tesis Doctoral, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Las Palmas, i-iii, 1 - 524." type="book chapter" year="1984" yearSuffix="a">
Aristegui 1984, fig. 67a, pl.
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), ancestrula tatiform with 11 spines and narrow cryptocyst. Aristegui did not notice any crenulation of the proximal edge of the primary orifice. However, this apparent difference between the Lebanese and Red Sea specimens may not be real as these beads are low and not easily visible.
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It is likely that
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED54BFBFAFE6BFBCB" box="[371,484,1085,1108]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
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has been confused with other personate
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED796FBFBFBCEFBCB" box="[942,1089,1084,1108]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Microporella</emphasis>
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species with a single avicularium, particularly
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED561FBA6FE65FBE7" box="[345,490,1120,1144]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. orientalis</emphasis>
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. The species growing on artificial substrata at Eilat (Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba) recorded as
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED544FB42FD82FB03" box="[380,525,1156,1180]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. orientalis</emphasis>
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by
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Sternhell
<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED69FFB42FD6EFB03" box="[679,737,1156,1180]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
(2002)
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presents the general aspect of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED0ACFB42FA8AFB03" box="[1172,1285,1157,1180]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
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based on the following characters: appearance of the cryptocystal walls; shape and position of the single avicularium; and shape and proportions of personate collar and ovicell, including a pair of spines visible at the proximal corners of each ovicell. Unfortunately, the number of oral spines of non-ovicellate zooids and the ornamentation of the proximal border of the orifice are not visible in the SEM photo of this specimen. Also, both photos and description of specimens from
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Islands ascribed to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED66CFAFEFDE4FACF" box="[596,619,1337,1360]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M</emphasis>
.
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by
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Tilbrook
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(2001)
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strongly suggest that they belong to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED4AFFA9AFE88FAEB" box="[151,263,1373,1396]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
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.
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The description of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED5A4FA46FDC2FA07" box="[412,589,1408,1432]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. epihalimeda</emphasis>
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from the
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indicates that it is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED48CFA62FEAAFA23" box="[180,293,1445,1468]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
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. Both species have 34 spines, similarly shaped avicularia and maternal zooids, a tatiform ancestrula with 11 spines and a primary orifice without condyles. In
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED772FA0EFC71FA7F" box="[842,1022,1480,1504]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. epihalimeda</emphasis>
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the primary orifice is described as smooth but the SEM illustration (
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) shows a rather uneven proximal edge, resembling that of
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED4AFF9D6FE87F9B7" box="[151,264,1553,1576]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. genisii</emphasis>
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although less rippled. Another similarity is the oral spines seen at the proximal corners of the personate ovicells — although “none visible in ovicellate zooids” is mentioned in Tilbrooks description (p. 213). The only apparent difference is that the setiform avicularian mandible has a length equal to zooidal width and no basal processes in
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<emphasis id="B95A9E24FFE2FFFED538F9BAFE20F90B" box="[256,431,1660,1684]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. epihalimeda</emphasis>
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.
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