Pulpeirina, Reverter-Gil & Souto, 2015

Reverter-Gil, Oscar & Souto, Javier, 2015, Redescription of some species of Bryozoa described by J. Jullien and L. Calvet in the NE Atlantic, European Journal of Taxonomy 157, pp. 1-17 : 2

Genus Pulpeirina gen. nov.

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Diagnosis

Colony encrusting. Frontal wall gymnocystal, perforated by tubular pseudopores prolonged by subhorizontal tubules, arranged radially. Orifice sinuate. Suboral vestigial costae fused in saggital plane, leaving a narrow slit and a small central pore. Oral spines absent. Communication via small, basal porechambers. Ovicell globular, evenly perforated by small, tubular pores. Orifice dimorphic, closed by zooidal operculum. Zooeciules and avicularia absent.

Type species

Hippothoa amoena Jullien & Calvet, 1903 .

Etymology

This genus is dedicated to Dr. Eugenio Fernández-Pulpeiro, who died in September 2014. He was one of the people responsible for restarting bryozoology in Spain, but also our director, colleague and friend, and above all our best example as a researcher as well as a person. Gender feminine.