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Pseudolunularia gen.n. (Cheilostomata), a IunuIitiform bryozoan from the Indo‐West Pacific
Author(s) -
CADÉE GERHARD C.,
CHIMONIDES PANTELAKIS D. J.,
COOK PATRICIA L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00122.x
Subject(s) - bryozoa , zooid , biology , genus , zoology , taxonomy (biology)
A new genus of anascan lunulitiform bryozoan, Pseudolunularia . is introduced for two new species, P. enigma and P. unguis . It is inferred that live colonies both possess basal rhizoids and are supported and stabilized by elongate avicularian mandibles. The autozooids, brooding zooids and avicularia of both species bear a striking resemblance to a parallel pair of species belonging to the genus Lunularia, L. repandus and L. cupulus .