Scriblitopora, Hayward & Winston, 2011

Hayward, Peter J. & Winston, Judith E., 2011, Bryozoa collected by the United States Antarctic Research Program: new taxa and new records, Journal of Natural History 45 (37 - 38), pp. 2259-2338 : 2270

Scriblitopora gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Colony encrusting, unilaminar. Autozooids with cryptocystidean frontal shield, bounded by raised mural rim, pierced by a paired series of opesiules; operculum coincident with opesia. Gymnocystal vertical walls deep, incorporating large mural pore chambers; prominent spine bases present on gymnocyst, bearing basally jointed spines. Ovicell hyperstomial, elongate oval, budded from distalmost pore chamber (?), its aperture overhanging and arching above the opesia of the maternal zooid; calcification gymnocystal, smooth and imperforate, with a longitudinal suture.

Etymology

Latin, scriblita: a tart or cake, in allusion to the form of the cryptocystidean frontal shield, which recalls a popular English pastry, the Bakewell tart.