Mawatarius avilae Figuerola, Gordon, and Cristobo 2018
- Dataset
- New deep Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) species from the Southwestern Atlantic: shedding light in the dark
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Figuerola, Blanca, Gordon, Dennis P., Cristobo, Javier (2018): New deep Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) species from the Southwestern Atlantic: shedding light in the dark. Zootaxa 4375 (2): 211-249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.3
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Bryozoa
- class
- Gymnolaemata
- order
- Cheilostomatida
- family
- Mawatariidae
- genus
- Mawatarius
- species
- Mawatarius avilae
description
Description. COLONY ERECT, DICHOTOMOUSLY bRANCHINg IN DIFFERENT PLANES; COLONY C. 8 MM LONg. ZOOIDS ARISINg CENTRALLY, bOUNDARIES UNDEFINED. FRONTAL SHIELD DENSELY AND MINUTELY gRANULAR. PRIMARY ORIFICE WITH A MEDIAN CUSP; SECONDARY ORIFICE COMPOSED OF A SHORT PERISTOMIAL RIM AND WITH A DISTINCT PROXIMAL PSEUDOSINUS. NO ORAL SPINES OR AVICULARIA. OVICELL NOT SEEN. AbFRONTAL (bASAL) SIDE WITH AREOLAR-SEPTULAR PORES.
discussion
Remarks. Mawatarius aνilae n. sp. IS ONLY THE THIRD SPECIES OF THE gENUS. IT DIFFERS FROM M. inexpectabilis (GORDON, 1985) AND M. secundus GORDON & D'HONDT, 1997 bY bRANCHINg IN DIVERSE PLANES, THE SECONDARY ORIFICE LACKS A DENTICULATE RIM, AND AREOLAR PORES OCCUR ONLY IN THE AbFRONTAL (bASAL) SIDE. FURTHER, M. secundus HAS AN ANVIL- SHAPED LYRULA. N RANGE MEAN SD SECONDARY ORIFICE WIDTH 16 0.205 – 0.260 0.229 0.016 n, number of measurements made; SD, standard deviation
etymology
Etymology. NAMED AFTER DR CONXITA AVILA, CHEMICAL ECOLOgIST, IN APPRECIATION OF HER FUNDINg SUPPORT OF THIS AND OTHER ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROjECTS.
materials_examined
Material examined. HΟlΟtype: CRBA- 58242, STN PAT 1008 BC 24 (SAMPLE COATED WITH gOLD), COLONY bRANCHINg, C. 8 MM LONg, WITH PROXIMAL AND DISTAL PORTIONS, SOME bRANCHES bROKEN.