Biconcavus batmani, Figuerola & Gordon & Cristobo, 2018

Figuerola, Blanca, Gordon, Dennis P. & Cristobo, Javier, 2018, New deep Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) species from the Southwestern Atlantic: shedding light in the dark, Zootaxa 4375 (2), pp. 211-249 : 221-222

Biconcavus batmani n. sp.

( FIg. 6 ; TAbLE 8)

Etymology. ALLUDINg TO ‘ Batman ’, A FICTIONAL SUPERHERO OF COMIC bOOKS AND MOVIES, ALLUDINg TO THE DISTAL ORAL RIM bEARINg LATERAL STOUT TUbERCLES WHICH RESEMbLE A Batman MASK.

Material examined. HΟlΟtype: CRBA-58231, STN PAT0209DR13, COLONY C. 12 MM LONg, 7 MM WIDE, ENCRUSTINg ROCK.

Description. COLONY ENCRUSTINg, UNILAMINAR; COLONY SIZE, C. 12 MM LONg, 7 MM WIDTH. AUTOZOOIDS HEXAgONAL TO RECTANgULAR, STRONgLY CONVEX, SEPARATED bY DISTINCT INTERZOOIDAL FURROWS; DISTAL ORAL RIM ELEVATED, bEARINg THREE STOUT TUbERCLES, THE LATERAL ONES THE LARgEST. FRONTAL SHIELD COARSELY gRANULAR, FRONTALLY IMPERFORATE, DENSELY PERFORATED DISTOLATERALLY, WITH SEVERAL ROWS OF SMALL PERFORATIONS WHICH MAY bE PSEUDOPORES (OUTSIDE THE bOUNDARY OF THE UMbONULOID FRONTAL SHIELD) AND/OR MARgINAL AREOLAR PORES. APERTURE SUbqUADRATE, PROXIMAL AND DISTAL bORDERS STRAIgHT, OPERCULUM LATERALLY bICONCAVE. NO ORAL SPINES. AVICULARIA, OVICELLS AND ANCESTRULA NOT SEEN.

Remarks. THE FINDINg OF ADDITIONAL MATERIAL MAY SHED LIgHT ON THE FORM OF THE ANCESTRULA AND WHETHER OR NOT AVICULARIA AND OOECIA ARE PRESENT.

n, number of measurements made; SD, standard deviation

Figures

FIGURE 6. Biconcavus batmani n. gen. et sp., HOLOTYPE.A, GROUP OF AUTOZOOIDS;B, CLOSE-UP OF AN AUTOZOOID;C, DETAIL OF AN APERTURE WITH DISTAL ORIFICIAL TUbERCLES.SCALE bARS:A, 3 MM;B, 1 MM;C, 500 ΜM.