Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020

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 : 80

Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 in Ramalho et al. 2020b

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Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 in Ramalho et al. 2020b: 468 , figs 6b–e, 7.

Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4311: BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on a bioclast; MNCN 25.03/4312: BV14, 96– 100 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on a rock fragment.

Remarks. Although the absence of a complete ovicell, the colonies collected from the Alboran fit the description of the type material described from the Gulf of Cadiz ( Ramalho et al. 2020b) for all remaining taxonomic features and fall in the same range size. However, the material from Gulf of Cadiz was collected in deeper water (402–495 m) than the Alboran material (96–100 m).

This is the first record of this species in Mediterranean waters.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 (MNCN 25.03/4312). A. General view of a colony growing on a rock fragment. B. Central zooid showing orifice with 6 spines, ascopore and triangular avicularia. C. Detail of some zooids, one of them with an incomplete ovicell. Scale bars: A, 500 µm; B, C, 200 µm.