Cinclidia aculeata Denisenko 2018, n. sp. ...

• Main Author: Denisenko, Nina V.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Bryozoa; Gymnolaemata; Cheilostomata; Celleporidae; Cinclidia; Cinclidia aculeata; Faroe Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6490324; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6490324

Cinclidia aculeata n. sp. (Fig. 2; Table 1) Material examined. Holotype: ZMUC-BRY-115, one colony on rock, Stn 604, 61°35’34’’ N, 5°05’36’’ W, 260 m, 12 April 1990, collected by heavy triangular dredge. BIOFAR program, RV Magnus Heinason, Faroese Fishery Investigations. Distribution. East and south off the Faroe Islands archipelago, slope and outer part of the shelf. Etymology. Latin aculeata, spiny. Description. Colony small, irregular in outline, multiserial, unilaminar, white when non-bleached. AutoZooids mostly oval, slightly convex, with distinct boundaries marked by deep grooves and, sometimes, interZooidal kenoZooids (Fig. 2a‒c). Intramural reparative budding fairly common. Lateral gymnocyst narrow; proximal gymnocyst more extensive, often forming narrow extension(s) between proximolateral neighboring Zooids. Frontal spinocystal shield thin, flat, with narrow radiating costae (10‒14 pairs), lacking bifurcations. Costae separated by 4‒6 oval or round intercostal foramina, decreasing in siZe towards ... : Published as part of Denisenko, Nina V., 2018, New Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) species from sublittoral and bathyal zones off the Faroe Islands, with some comments on allied taxa, pp. 116-126 in Zootaxa 4375 (1) on pages 118-119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1158207 ...