Tapajosella elongata Wood & Okamura, 2017

Wood, Timothy S. & Okamura, Beth, 2022, Further species and range extensions of Amazonian bryozoans: chipping away at the iceberg, Zootaxa 5169 (4), pp. 381-391 : 388

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4B39AD1B-2643-4B84-B9A4-E83B07F33179
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952470
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tapajosella elongata Wood & Okamura, 2017
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Material examined. Statoblasts from the Río Negro, 13 km NW of Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, 3° 0.099’ S, 60° 5.623’ W (Site 7), collected 6 May 2018 by T. Wood and B. Okamura GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The slender statoblasts of this species, previously seen only in January, 2016 near Santarém ( Wood & Okamura 2017), were encountered for the first time in the Río Negro near Manaus. While many appeared to be intact, they contained no living material. The canoe-like shape of these statoblasts is so unique that the species has been placed in its own family, Tapajosellidae . While colonies have not yet been found, the occurrence of statoblasts in a different season and in a new location suggests that they may be a constant presence in the Amazon.