Kenoaplousina canariensis

Souto, Javier, Berning, Björn & Ostrovsky, Andrew N., 2016, Systematics and diversity of deep-water Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) from Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 4067 (4), pp. 401-459 : 410-411

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scientific name	Kenoaplousina canariensis
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Kenoaplousina canariensis ( López-Fé, 2006)

( Fig. 14–17 View FIGURES 14 – 17 , Table 5 View TABLE 5 )

Alderina canariensis López-Fé, 2006: 1803 View Cited Treatment , figs 1–3. Kenoaplousina canariensis: Gordon 2014: 3 .

Material examined. MNCN 25.03/3931, locality DR04; OLL 2015/896, locality DR04.

Remarks. This species was relatively recently described from the submarine Enmedio volcano in the Canary Islands between 1686 and 2200 m depth ( López-Fé 2006) and not reported again until now. While it is somewhat surprising to find this species at another offshore site some 1600 km north of its type location, the Galicia Bank specimens coincide with the original description and biometrics. Gordon (2014) proposed transferring this species to the new genus Kenoaplousina López Gappa & Liuzzi, 2013 based on the presence of acleithral ovicells (these are cleithral in the type species of Alderina ). We should also add that the ooecium is not just ‘supported’ by a kenozooid, as written in the original decription by López-Fé (2006), but indeed formed by the distal kenozooid, the distal frontal part of which is frontally visible at the colony margin.

Eight colonies were found at two sites (1099 and 1288 m depth), mostly encrusting rocks and also corals, just like the type material, which was found encrusting fragments of the coral Madrepora oculata (L.) ( López-Fé 2006). The Galicia Bank specimens are very delicate, forming small colonies of 2–7 zooids, most of which are broken or in poor conditions.

SD, standard deviation; N, number of measurements

	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum	N
Autozooid length	0.780	0.0283	0.730	0.816	7
Autozooid width	0.610	0.0302	0.569	0.649	7
Opesia length	0.481	0.0105	0.466	0.491	4
Opesia width	0.293	0.0126	0.282	0.310	4
Ooecium length	0.310	0.0548	0.239	0.362	5
Ooecium width	0.306	0.0170	0.286	0.333	5