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Issue: Vol. 3925 No. 4: 3 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.7
Page range: 581–593
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

New species and new records of bryozoans from shallow waters of Madeira Island

Institut für Paläontologie, Geozentrum, Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Wien, Austria. Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
University of Madeira, Centre of Life Sciences, Marine Biology Station of Funchal, 9000-107 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal CIIMAR/CIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research), University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal CIIMAR—Madeira (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of Madeira), Edifício Madeira Tecnopolo, Caminho da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Cais do Carvão 9000-107 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Rua Prof. Dr Frederico Machado, 4, PT-9901-862 Horta, Azores, Portugal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037
Bryozoa Madeira Beania Favosipora Hippoporella Rhynchozoon new species taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of bryozoans encrusting subtidal rocks are described from the shallow waters of Madeira Island. We describe one cyclostome, Favosipora purpurea sp. nov., which represents the first record of this genus in the Atlantic Ocean, and one cheilostome, Rhynchozoon papuliferum sp. nov. In addition, one species, Beania maxilladentata, is recorded for the first time outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Six other species previously recorded in Madeira are redescribed to provide new data and SEM images.