Smittipora abyssicola (Smitt, 1873)

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 : 395-396

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
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scientific name	Smittipora abyssicola (Smitt, 1873)
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16. Smittipora abyssicola (Smitt, 1873) View in CoL (Plate 5a)

Locality: Veraval, Somnath, Gujarat, N 20 o.53.860’

Substratum: Encrusting on molluscan shell

Description: Encrusting zoaria, hexagonal. Distinct mural rim and contiguous. Cryptocyst provided with minute tubercles, more in number and distally elevated slightly. Opesiules distinct basally, trifoliate. Large avicularia, symmetrical without distinct rostrum. Large opesia slightly expanding distally. The rostrum though not distinct is profusely tuberculated. Mandibles not noticed. Ovicells absent ( Menon and Menon, 2006).

Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India.

Distribution: Indo-Australian Archipelago, Ceylon and Indian waters.