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Emschermannia Borisanova 2016, gen. nov.

Description

Emschermannia gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Zooids comprising calyx and stalk that are not separated from each other by a star-cell complex and cuticular septum. Budding area located on calyx. Zooids attached to substratum by basal plate from which pseudostolons grow. The basal plate may be reduced so that the zooid arises directly from pseudostolon.

Type species. Emschermannia ramificata sp. nov.

Etymology. Emschermannia is named in honor of Dr Peter Emschermann, who provided the modern classification of Entoprocta.

Notes

Published as part of Borisanova, Anastasia O., 2016, Emschermannia ramificata - a new genus and species of solitary entoproct from the Kara Sea, Russia, pp. 135-142 in Zootaxa 4084 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1050919

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Biodiversity

Family
Nephtyidae
Genus
Emschermannia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phyllodocida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Borisanova
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Emschermannia Borisanova, 2016