Watersipora souleorum Vieira, Spencer Jones and Taylor, 2014
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8789-087B-FFE4-FF4E-FDC5FD1B2563 |
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Felipe |
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Watersipora souleorum Vieira, Spencer Jones and Taylor, 2014 |
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20. Watersipora souleorum Vieira, Spencer Jones and Taylor, 2014 (Plate 4d)
Locality: Kunkeshwar, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 16° 33’
22.5 N
Substratum: Intertidal rock
Description: Colony encrusting, multiserial, sometimes erect, foliaceous and bilamellar, zooids subrectangular, separated by slightly raised lateral walls. Frontal shield slightly convex, with numerous round pseudopores, Frontal shield obscured by dark cuticle. Orifice large, oval with well-defined broad, deeply U shaped proximal sinus; slightly raised orifice sometimes present, bar shaped condyles, operculum narrow, biconcave dark central band with lucidae. Avicularia absent. Ovicells absent. Large orifice; Deep U-shaped sinus; Bar shaped condyles; Operculum with narrow dark central band
Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India.
Distribution: Mediterranean sea, Red Sea, Arabian sea, Pacific ocean, Japan, Australia Galapagos Is, Atlantic (Azores, Cape Verde and Senegal), Mediterranean (Naples) and Indian Ocean ( India and Sri Lanka).
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