Thalamoporella gothica (Busk, 1856)

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 : 397

21. Thalamoporella gothica (Busk, 1856) , (Plate 3a)

Locality: Vijaydurg, Ratnagiri, 16° 55’ 82.4 N Substratum: Intertidal Rock

Description: Colony is encrusting. Autozooids are large, with a rhomboidal aperture measuring wider than high and having a thin rim. Adoral area is without tubercles or sometimes present as reduced thin mounds. Front is granular with small pores. Oral shelf well developed. Opesiules are plain and very asymmetrical in frontal view. The basal insertions are variable either as a rod or an L-shape, but not hooked. Avicularia is present, ovoid shape tapering distally to a subacute point of a gothic arch and with acutely pointed mandibles. Operculum is complete. Ovicells not found.

Records from Indian waters: Cape Comorin, Quilon and Cochin, West coast of India.

Distribution: Mazatlan, California, Africa.