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Lace corals (Bryozoa: Phidoloporidae) from Australia and the tropical south-west Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2000

P. J. Hayward
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
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Abstract

Twenty-three species of erect, fenestrate bryozoans belonging to the family Phidoloporidae Gabb & Horn 1862, popularly termed lace corals, are described from the coasts of Australia, Torres Strait and Fiji, and illustrated by scanning electron microscopy. Nine species of Triphyllozoon are re-examined, including seven originally described by Harmer (1934). Seven new species are described in Reteporella and one each in Schizoretepora and Reteporellina. Of the remaining four species, two species of Reteporellina are reported for the second time since their original description and two first described by MacGillivray (1883) are redescribed from additional materials.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 The Zoological Society of London

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