Scorpiodinipora Balavoine 1959
Main Authors: | Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Vieira, Leandro M., Ostrovsky, Andrew N., Cáceres-Chamizo, Julia P., Sanner, JoAnn |
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Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2012
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Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4547242 |
Daftar Isi:
- Genus Scorpiodinipora Balavoine, 1959 TYPE SPECIES. — Fixed here (under article 70.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [ICZN 1999]) as Schizoporella costulata Canu & Bassler, 1929, misidentified as Cellepora bernardii Audouin, 1826 in the original designation by Balavoine (1959). DIAGNOSIS. — Colony encrusting, unilamellar. Autozooids hexagonal, medium-sized. Frontal shield nonpseudoporous, with marginal areolae and radiating ribs between them. Orifice not terminal, with anter and poster similarly sized and rounded, and lateral sides parallel, bearing distinct condyles a little lower than mid-height. No oral spines. No ovicells. No avicularia. Basal pore-chambers small, numerous. Ancestrula similar to an autozooid but smaller; zone of astogenetic change including 2-4 zooids budded by the ancestrula and few others showing progressive increase of size and calcification.
- Published as part of Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Vieira, Leandro M., Ostrovsky, Andrew N., Cáceres-Chamizo, Julia P. & Sanner, JoAnn, 2012, Scorpiodinipora costulata (Canu & Bassler, 1929) (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata), a taxonomic and biogeographic dilemma: complex of cryptic species or human-mediated cosmopolitan colonizer?, pp. 123-138 in Zoosystema 34 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5252/z2012n1a5, http://zenodo.org/record/4547116