Nine new species of Bugula Oken (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) in Brazilian shallow waters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bugula is a speciose genus of marine bryozoans, represented by both endemic and cosmopolitan species distributed in tropical and temperate waters and important to marine biologists because of the occurrence of many species in harbor and fouling communities, therefore as potential invaders. The southeastern Brazilian coast in the southern Atlantic hosts the highest known diversity of the genus, a status intimately associated with the intensity of collecting efforts.

Methodology

Morphological data based on the examination of living specimens, scanning electron and light microscopic images, and morphometric analyses were used to assess the diversity of Bugula along the coastal areas of southern, northeastern, and southeastern Brazil. In this study, morphological spec

SUBMITTER: Vieira LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3395711 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature