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Calyptooecia conuma Almeida & Souza 2014

Description

Calyptooecia conuma Almeida & Souza, 2014

(Figs. 72–73)

Calyptooecia conuma Almeida & Souza, 2014: 285, figs. 2–5; Almeida et al. 2015b: 5.

Material examined. UFBA 1183, Camamu Bay, 13°53’S, 38°59’W, 18–20 m, coll. October 2012 (on sponge Spongosorites sp.).

Remarks. Calyptooecia conuma is characterized by small spot-like colonies (Fig. 72), brooding zooids without perioral tubercles, and non-brooding zooids surrounded by 4–5 conical tubercles and a single, asymmetrically placed, suboral avicularium on almost all zooids (Fig. 73) (Almeida & Souza 2014). Only two species of Calyptooecia are known worldwide (Bock 2016). Calyptooecia insidiosa Winston, 1984 is found in the Caribbean where colonies are associated with coral undersurfaces and reef caves (Winston 1984). Calyptooecia conuma commonly encrusts calcareous nodules, shells, coralline algae and sponges (Almeida & Souza 2014). We examined a small colony attached to recesses of the rugose-textured sponge Spongosorites sp. (Fig. 11).

Distribution. Atlantic: endemic to Brazil (Bahia) (Almeida & Souza 2014).

Notes

Published as part of Almeida, Ana C. S., Souza, Facelucia B. C., Menegola, Carla & Vieira, Leandro M., 2017, Diversity of marine bryozoans inhabiting demosponges in northeastern Brazil, pp. 281-323 in Zootaxa 4290 (2) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/892719

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
UFBA
Family
Cleidochasmatidae
Genus
Calyptooecia
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
UFBA 1183
Order
Cheilostomatida
Phylum
Bryozoa
Scientific name authorship
Almeida & Souza
Species
conuma
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Calyptooecia conuma Almeida, 2014 sec. Almeida, Souza, Menegola & Vieira, 2017

References

  • Almeida, A. C. S. & Souza, F. B. C. (2014) Two new species of cheilostome bryozoans from the South Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 3753 (3), 283 - 290.
  • Almeida, A. C. S., Alves, O., Peso-Aguiar, M., Dominguez, J. & Souza, F. (2015 b) Gymnolaemata bryozoans of Bahia State, Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e 120.
  • Bock, P. (2016) World List of Bryozoa in World Register of Marine Species. Available from: http: // marinespecies. org / aphia. php? p = taxdetails & id = 1795 (accessed 28 January 2016)
  • Winston, J. E. (1984) Shallow-water Bryozoans of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. American Museum Novitates, 2799, 1 - 38.