Microporella ciliata (Pallas, 1766)

Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja & Shrinivaasu, S., 2018, Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 389-404 : 392-393

5. Microporella ciliata (Pallas, 1766) (Plate 1d)

Locality: Piroton Island , Gujarat, 22° 39’ 991 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble .

Description: Colonies are encrusting with developing extensive unilaminar sheets. Frontal shield with numerous small pseudopores, slightly inflated and smooth. Umbo not noticed. Orifice is smaller relatively with the zooid size, wider than long and nearly semicircular with evenly rounded front and straight proximal border with fine teeths between the condyles. Peristome slightly developed. Oral spines not observed might hidden. Ascopore is moderately large in the midline a little proximal to the aperture and set within a reniform smooth depression. Ovicells are hyperstomial, prominent and moderately large with frontal surface pustulose. Avicularium larger, adventious and upaired usually located on one side a little proximal to the ascopore, mandible long triangular to setose.

Records from Indian waters: Andamans, Gopalpore, Orissa, Chavra, and Cochin, Kerala .

Distribution: American pacific coast, British Columbia waters, Panama, Galapagos Islands, Mediterranean, Naples, Mexico and Brazil.