Cradoscrupocellaria nanshaensis ( Liu, 1991 ) VIEIRA & JONES & WINSTON, 2013

VIEIRA, LEANDRO M., JONES, MARY E. SPENCER & WINSTON, JUDITH E., 2013, <p class = " HeadingRunIn " align = " left "> <strong> <em> Cradoscrupocellaria </ em>, a new bryozoan genus for <em> Scrupocellaria bertholletii </ em> (Audouin) and related species (Cheilostomata, Candidae): taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3707 (1), pp. 1-63 : 15

Cradoscrupocellaria nanshaensis ( Liu, 1991) n. comb.

Scrupocellaria nanshaensis Liu, 1991: 70 , figs 5A–B. [ China: Nansha Island]

Remarks. Liu (1991) characterized C. nanshaensis as having autozooids with a curved outline, narrower proximally than distally, opesia with a granular cryptocyst, 5–6 oral spines (2 inner, 2–3 outer and 1 median distal spine), robust scuta bifurcated 3–5 times (without internal cavities), the presence of a small distolateral avicularium on each zooid, no frontal avicularia, and segmented rhizoids. Frontal avicularia are also absent from C. serrata from Red Sea, but neither lateral avicularia nor basal vibracula are found in this species. The presence of a granular cryptocyst and segmented rhizoids in C. nanshaensis distinguish it from congeners.

Distribution. China (Nansha Island).