Antropora erecta Silén, 1941

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

1. Antropora erecta Silén, 1941 (Plate 1a)

Locality: Sikka, Jamnagar , Gujarat (22° 27’ 57.4 N) Substratum: Encrusting on molluscan shell .

Description: Zooecia were broadest. Gymnocyst absent. Opesia depressed, broader basally and tapering distally. Vicarious avicularia present and rare. Large vicarious avicularia noticed in one with an extensive circular area, to lodge the avicularian mandible. The lateral portion of this is pointed at the loci where it merges with the zooecial margin. The cryptocyst of vicarious avicularium less developed. Adventitious avicularia common positioned at the proximal end of the zooecia directed distally. The distal portion is slightly elevated and crowding of zooids gives the impression of placement of this avicularia laterally at the distal portion of the preceding zooecia ( Menon and Menon, 2006).

Records from Indian waters: Cochin, West coast of India

Distribution: Bonin Island, Pacific and Indian waters.