A new species of Cellaria (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from northeastern Brazil, with a tabular identification key to the Atlantic species

By

Almeida, Ana C.S.
Souza, Facelucia B.C.
Vieira, Leandro M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-3-9

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

35

Pages

1--7

Subjects

Bryozoan , Cellariidae , taxonomy , Western Atlantic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.35.e24571

 

Abstract

A new species of the erect cheilostome bryozoanCellariaEllis & Solander, 1786 is described from Bahia, NE Brazil.Cellaria oraneaesp. nov. is the first formally characterized species of the genus reported from Northeastern coast of Brazil, distinguished from all congeners by the combination of hexagonal autozooids and rhomboid fertile zooids, hexagonal interzooidal avicularium with sagittate foramen, completely immersed ovicell with oval aperture and proximal rectangular lip. A brief discussion of the diversity ofCellariafrom the Atlantic Ocean and a tabular identification key to these species are also provided.