Terwasipora complanata ( Norman, 1864 )

Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5094 (1), pp. 53-91 : 76-77

Terwasipora complanata ( Norman, 1864)

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Lepralia complanata Norman, 1864: 85 , pl. 10, fig. 4.

Watersipora complanata: Zabala 1986: 395 , fig. 128; Hayward & Ryland 1999: 192, figs 74b, 75; Reverter-Gil & Fernández- Pulpeiro 2001: 122; De Blauwe 2009: 372, figs 397, 398; Reverter-Gil et al. 2014: 26.

Terwasipora complanata: Reverter-Gil & Souto 2019: 2743 , figs 5, 6, 8.

Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4282: BV12, 112– 120 m; UMA coll.; one dead fragment on shell; MNCN 25.03/4283: BV12, 112– 120 m; UMA coll.; four living fragments on shell and three loose dead fragments.

Remarks. Several specimens from the Mediterranean Sea assigned to T. complanata were reviewed by Reverter- Gil & Souto (2019), who maintained as valid the records of this species from Catalonia and the Strait of Gibraltar ( Zabala 1986; López de la Cuadra & García-Gómez 1988; López de la Cuadra 1991; see Reverter-Gil & Souto 2019 for comments about its geographic distribution).

The Alboran colonies have slightly smaller zooids (L 600–800 μm x W 350–600 μm) but within the range reported by Reverter-Gil & Souto (2019).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Terwasipora complanata (Norman, 1864) (MNCN 25.03/4283). A. General view of a colony fragment showing zooids with tubercles latero-proximal and distal to the orifice. B. General view of a fragment showing a group of zooids. C. Detail of a zooid showing an orifice with condyles, a pair of lateral-proximal oral tubercles and another tubercle developed above the orifice. Scale bars: A, B, 400 µm; C, 200 µm.