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FIGURE 2. Chaperia atypica n in Epibiotic association of encrusting cheilostome bryozoans on shells of an invasive mussel from rocky shores of South Africa, with the description of a new aviculiferous species of Chaperia
- 1. Research and Exhibitions Department, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa.
- 2. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa. & Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, A1C 5S7, Canada.
- 3. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa.
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FIGURE 2. Chaperia atypica n. sp. A–C. SAMC-A094525. A. General view of the colony. B. Group of zooids, showing pore-chamber windows and spines. C. Close-up of the orifice. D. Paratype, SAMC-A094513. Group of zooids with arrows indicating twinned and single interzooidal avicularia. E, F. Holotype, SAMC-A094514. E. Group of ovicelled zooids with arrows indicating vestigial ooecia. F. Close-up of the vestigial ooecia with an arrow indicating the ooecial pore. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 0.4 mm; C = 0.1 mm; D, E = 0.4 mm; F = 0.2 mm.
Notes
Published as part of Boonzaaier-Davids, Melissa K., Ma, Kevin C. K. & Mcquaid, Christopher D., 2023, Epibiotic association of encrusting cheilostome bryozoans on shells of an invasive mussel from rocky shores of South Africa, with the description of a new aviculiferous species of Chaperia, pp. 197-210 in Zootaxa 5258 (2) on page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7777040
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