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

Author(s)

Vieira, Leandro M. ^{[1, 2]} ; Jones, Mary E. Spencer ^[3] ; Winston, Judith E. ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Biol Marinha, BR-11600000 Sao Sebastiao, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, BR-11600000 Sao Sebastiao, SP - Brazil

^[3] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London SW7 5BD - England

^[4] Virginia Museum Nat Hist, Martinsville, VA 24112 - USA

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom; v. 93, n. 7, p. 1911-1921, NOV 2013.
• Web of Science Citations: 11

Abstract

Recent studies of the large cheilostome bryozoan genus Scrupocellaria have shown a greater degree of taxonomically informative morphological variation in zooids, opesia, and polymorphic structures than previously recognized. Only one subgenus has been named within the genus, Retiscrupocellaria d'Hondt, 1988, erected for Scrupocellaria jolloisii. In this work we further analyse S. jolloisii and its related species, resurrecting an earlier genus name, Licornia van Beneden, 1850 for Licornia jolloisii, and nine relatives, L. annectens, L. cervicornis, L. cyclostoma, L. diadema, L. ferox, L. gaspari, L. longispinosa, L. macropora, and L. prolata. Licornia jolloisii was originally described from the Red Sea, and most species of the genus occur in the Indo-Pacific region. The species, however, has now been found in the Western Atlantic, in the Florida Keys, US, and in Bahia de Todos Santos, Brazil. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 08/10619-0 - Taxonomic review of species of Scrupocellaria van Beneden, 1845 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Atlantic
• Grantee: Leandro Manzoni Vieira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate