Scutocyclopora, Harmelin & Rosso, 2023

Harmelin, Jean-Georges & Rosso, Antonietta, 2023, On some “ Hemicyclopora ” Norman, 1894 and “ Escharella ” Gray, 1848 species (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) from the Atlantic-Mediterranean region. Re-examination of their generic status and description of new species and a new genus, Zoosystema 45 (10), pp. 373-407 : 398

Genus Scutocyclopora n. gen.

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TYPE SPECIES. — Hemicyclopora dentata López de la Cuadra & García-Gómez, 1991 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Colony encrusting, unilaminar, multiserial. Autozooid frontal shield umbonuloid, imperforate except for marginal pores aligned in rows; communication by small basal pore-chambers. Orifice with slightly protruding or non-protuberant condyles, encircled by a high, flared peristome, without oral spines. Ovicell hyperstomial, attached to distal wall of maternal zooid, not associated with a distal daughter autozooid. Ancestrula morphologically similar to succeeding autozooids, with umbonuloid frontal shield and without spines.

ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin noun scutum: shield, in reference to the frontal shield of the ancestrula.