Taxonomic review of species of Scrupocellaria van Beneden, 1845 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Atlantic

• Grant number: 08/10619-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2009
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Alvaro Esteves Migotto
• Grantee: Leandro Manzoni Vieira
• Host Institution: Centro de Biologia Marinha (CEBIMAR). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Sebastião , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Species of the bryozoan genus Scrupocellaria are ecologically and economically important particularly because they are typically fouling species, some of them being potentially invasive. Yet this genus has not been comprehensively studied using tools like scanning electron microscopy. A systematic revision is needed in order to provide consistent and reliable identification of taxa. The principal objectives of this proposal are to: 1) evaluate the morphological characters that have been traditionally used in the taxonomy of the genus and propose new characters to critically define species, 2) compare all the species of the genus, reviewing and redescribing the ones reported to the Atlantic, 3) undertake a survey of the species of Scrupocellaria along the Brazilian coast, describing new taxa and analyzing their geographical distribution, 4) create a taxonomic key based on morphological characters for the identification of the species of Scrupocellaria from the Atlantic. This study will be based on specimens available on preserved collections (official museums and other scientific institutions) and on new specimens collected in several locations along the Brazilian coast during project execution. This project is supported by several people from many institutions who will help on the field trips and on establishing new museum collections of bryozoans in Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

(21)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FEHLAUER-ALE, KARIN H.; VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Molecular and morphological characterization of Amathia distans Busk and Amathia brasiliensis Busk (Bryozoa: Ctenostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic. Zootaxa, n. 2962, p. 49-62, JUL 11 2011. (08/10619-0, 09/08941-3, 09/08940-7)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; JONES, MARY E. SPENCER. The identity of Sertularia reptans Linnaeus, 1758 (Bryozoa, Candidae). Zootaxa, n. 3563, p. 26-42, NOV 26 2012. (08/10619-0)

MARQUES, ANTONIO C.; KLOH, ALINE DOS SANTOS; MIGOTTO, ALVARO ESTEVES; CABRAL, ANA C.; RAVEDUTTI RIGO, ANA P.; BETTIM, ARIANE LIMA; RAZZOLINI, EMANUEL L.; CASCON, HELENA MATTHEWS; BARDI, JULIANA; KREMER, LAURA PIOLI; et al. Rapid assessment survey for exotic benthic species in the Sao Sebastiao Channel, Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, v. 41, n. 2, SI, p. 265-285, APR 2013. (10/06927-0, 04/09961-4, 08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; JONES, MARY E. SPENCER; WINSTON, JUDITH E.; MIGOTTO, ALVARO E.; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.. Evidence for Polyphyly of the Genus Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Candidae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Characters. PLoS One, v. 9, n. 4, APR 18 2014. (13/50484-4, 11/50242-5, 12/24285-1, 08/10619-0)

ARANGUREN‚ N.; MONROY‚ D.; GAVIRIA‚ S.. Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) norandinus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Eurycercidae)‚ a new species of Cladocera in the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa, v. 2550, p. 58-68, 2010. (98/07090-3, 08/10619-0, 08/10624-3)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; JONES, MARY E. SPENCER; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Resurrection of the genus Licornia for Scrupocellaria jolloisii (Bryozoa) and related species, with documentation of L. jolloisii as a non-indigenous species in the western Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 93, n. 7, p. 1911-1921, NOV 2013. (08/10619-0)

HARMELIN, JEAN-GEORGES; VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; OSTROVSKY, ANDREW N.; CACERES-CHAMIZO, JULIA P.; SANNER, JOANN. Scorpiodinipora costulata (Canu & Bassler, 1929) (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata), a taxonomic and biogeographic dilemma: complex of cryptic species or human-mediated cosmopolitan colonizer?. ZOOSYSTEMA, v. 34, n. 1, p. 123-138, 2012. (08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; JONES, MARY E. SPENCER. The identity of Sertularia reptans Linnaeus, 1758 (Bryozoa, Candidae). Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 3563, p. 17-pg., 2012-11-26. (08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; MIGOTTO, ALVARO E.; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Shallow-water species of Beania Johnston, 1840 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic. Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 2550, p. 20-pg., 2010-07-27. (08/10624-3, 08/10619-0, 98/07090-3)

FEHLAUER-ALE, KARIN H.; VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Molecular and morphological characterization of Amathia distans Busk and Amathia brasiliensis Busk (Bryozoa: Ctenostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic. Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 2962, p. 14-pg., 2011-07-11. (09/08941-3, 08/10619-0, 09/08940-7)

ANTONIO C MARQUES; ALINE DOS SANTOS KLÔH; ALVARO ESTEVES MIGOTTO; ANA C CABRAL; ANA P RAVEDUTTI RIGO; ARIANE LIMA BETTIM; EMANUEL L RAZZOLINI; HELENA MATTHEWS CASCON; JULIANA BARDI; LAURA PIOLI KREMER; et al. Rapid assessment survey for exotic benthic species in the São Sebastião Channel, Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, v. 41, n. 2, p. 265-285, 2013-04-00. (04/09961-4, 10/06927-0, 08/10619-0)

TILBROOK, KEVIN J.; VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.. Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from the Queensland coast, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, n. 3528, p. 29-48, OCT 29 2012. (08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; GORDON, DENNIS P.; SOUZA, FACELUCIA B. C.; HADDAD, MARIA ANGELICA. New and little-known cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the south and southeastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope. Zootaxa, n. 2722, p. 1-53, DEC 15 2010. (08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; MIGOTTO, ALVARO E.; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Shallow-water species of Beania Johnston, 1840 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic. Zootaxa, n. 2550, p. 1-20, JUL 27 2010. (98/07090-3, 08/10619-0, 08/10624-3)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; MIGOTTO, ALVARO E.; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Ctenostomatous Bryozoa from Sao Paulo, Brazil, with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa, v. 3889, n. 4, p. 485-524, DEC 3 2014. (08/10619-0, 98/07090-3, 12/24285-1, 11/50317-5, 12/10413-8, 08/10624-3)

WINSTON, JUDITH E.; VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.. Systematics of interstitial encrusting bryozoans from southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 3710, n. 2, p. 101-146, SEP 12 2013. (11/21289-3, 98/07090-3, 12/24285-1, 08/10619-0, 12/10413-8, 08/10624-3)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; JONES, MARY E. SPENCER; WINSTON, JUDITH E.. Cradoscrupocellaria, a new bryozoan genus for Scrupocellaria bertholletii (Audouin) and related species (Cheilostomata, Candidae): taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution. Zootaxa, v. 3707, n. 1, p. 1-63, SEP 2 2013. (12/24285-1, 08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; FARRAPEIRA, CRISTIANE M. R.; AMARAL, FERNANDA D.; LIRA, SIMONE M. A.. Bryozoan biodiversity in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil. CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE, v. 53, n. 2, p. 159-167, 2012. (08/10619-0)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; WINSTON, JUDITH E.; FEHLAUER-ALE, KARIN H.. Nine New Species of Bugula Oken (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) in Brazilian Shallow Waters. PLoS One, v. 7, n. 7, JUL 12 2012. (08/10619-0, 09/08941-3)

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.; GORDON, DENNIS P.; SOUZA, FACELUCIA B. C.; HADDAD, MARIA ANGELICA. New and little-known cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the south and southeastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope. Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 2722, p. 53-pg., 2010-12-15. (08/10619-0)

TILBROOK, KEVIN J.; VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.. Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from the Queensland coast, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 3528, p. 20-pg., 2012-10-29. (08/10619-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VIEIRA, Leandro Manzoni. Taxonomic revision of the genus Scrupocellaria van Beneden (Bryozoa, Candidae). 2012. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.