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A new species of Calyptotheca (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from Alexandria, Egypt, southeastern Mediterranean
- Source :
- Zootaxa. 4276:582
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Magnolia Press, 2017.
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Abstract
- Beginning in December 2015, an unknown bryozoan with large, deep-orange colonies began to appear in the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. Here we identify the species as belonging to the predominantly Indo-Pacific cheilostome genus Calyptotheca Harmer, 1957 and describe it as a new species, Calyptotheca alexandriensis n. sp. The new species exhibits intensive growth sporadically on different hard substrata, including rocks, submerged concrete walls, ropes, ships’ hulls, and metal pipes supporting marina piers. It is restricted to the Eastern Harbour, particularly in shallow parts, with the densest aggregations on the metal pier supports. The source of this bryozoan is enigmatic but most likely involved introduction by shipping.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Mediterranean climate
biology
Ecology
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
010607 zoology
Cheilostomata
Biodiversity
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
Gymnolaemata
Genus
Harbour
Bryozoa
Animal Science and Zoology
Taxonomy (biology)
computer
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
computer.programming_language
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11755334 and 11755326
- Volume :
- 4276
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Zootaxa
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........bfeee64c0ba5bc5f5f1dcc563bf35b2a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.9