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Alcyonidium reticulum sp. nov., a common intertidal bryozoan from south-west Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2000

John S. Ryland
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales
Joanne S. Porter
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales

Abstract

A description is given of Alcyonidium reticulum sp. nov. (Bryozoa: Ctenostomatida), a smooth-surfaced species found encrusting intertidal stones and on Fucus serratus in south-west Britain. It is distinguished from two superficially similar congeners, A. gelatinosum and A. mytili.

Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Copyright
2000 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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