Revision of the genus Buchneria (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Japan.

ABSTRACT: Buchneria dofleini (Buchner, 1924), type species of Buchneria Harmer, 1957,was first described from material collected in 1904-1905 from Sagami Bay, Japan, but the type specimens had not been reexamined since the original description. In this study, I examined specimens of Buchneria from historical collections and material recently collected near Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan. Three Buchneria species were detected, two from Sagami Bay that Ortmann (1890) had placed in Escharoides, and one from Akkeshi that Androsova (1958) had described as Porella variabilis. I concluded that Buchneria dofleini is a junior synonym of Escharoides teres Ortmann, 1890; selected a lectotype for Escharoides teres among Ortmann's syntypes; and established the new combination Buchneria teres (Ortmann, 1890), which bec

SUBMITTER: Hirose M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3559109 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature