New species and new records of bryozoans from Galicia (NW Spain)

• Published in: Journal of Natural History
• Main Authors: Reverter Gil, Óscar, Souto Derungs, Javier, Trigo, Juan E.
• Other Authors: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Iberian Peninsula; NE Atlantic; Antarctothoa; Dentiporella; Fenestrulina; Schizotheca; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21534; https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2019.1582815

Although the bryozoological fauna of Galicia (NW Spain) is probably the best known of thewhole Iberian Peninsula, and perhaps one of the better known in Europe, new studies continue to provide new knowledge. A new species, Schizotheca galaica sp. nov., is described. Eleven species are newly recorded in Galicia: Aetea longicollis, Parellisina curvirostris, Copidozoum planum, Glabrilaria corbula, Haplopoma sciaphilum, Schizomavella (Schizomavella) mamillata, Fenestrulina asturiasensis, Fenestrulina barrosoi, Buffonellaria muriella, Schizotheca divisa and Dentiporella saldanhai; two of them(B. muriella and S. divisa) are also reported for the first time in Iberian waters; four others (Antarctothoa galaica, F. asturiasensis, F. barrosoi and D. saldanhai) are reported for the first time since their original descriptions, and SEM images of A. longicollis and F. asturiasensis are provided for the first time. Moreover, the range of geographical distribution of some species is expanded: the record of S. divisa is the southernmost to date, while the records of S. mamillata, F. barrosoi and D. saldanhai are the most northerly to date. The presence of other four species in Galician waters is confirmed and we document the permanence and range extension of two species recently introduced into ourwaters (Tricellaria inopinata and A. galaica) The work of Javier Souto was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, project number AP28954-B29). Some of the samples were collected thanks to the support of the project ‘Fauna Ibérica: Briozoos II (Familia Cribrilinidae – Familia Watersiporidae)’ co-financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spanish government) and FEDER (project number CGL2010-22267-C07-02) SI