Taxonomy of six Antarctic anascan Bryozoa

Six species of anascan cheilostome Bryozoa are described from Antarctica. Apiophragma gen.nov. is introduced for Megapora hyalina Waters, 1904. Cellaria dennanti Waters, 1904 non MacGillivray, 1895 is redescribed as Swanomia belgica sp.nov. Paramawsonia Androsova, 1972 is restricted to its type spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Hayward, P. J., Ryland, J. S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102093000185
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102093000185
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Summary:Six species of anascan cheilostome Bryozoa are described from Antarctica. Apiophragma gen.nov. is introduced for Megapora hyalina Waters, 1904. Cellaria dennanti Waters, 1904 non MacGillivray, 1895 is redescribed as Swanomia belgica sp.nov. Paramawsonia Androsova, 1972 is restricted to its type species, Cellaria dennanti MacGillivray, 1985. Micropora notialis sp.nov. is distinguished from M. brevissima Waters, 1904. Two new species are described in the genus Cellaria.

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