Bugulina flabellata (Thompson in Gray, 1848)

(Fig. 16)

Bugula flabellata: Ryland, 1960: 82, figs 2A, B, 9A–C, pl. 2 A, D; Lichtschein de Bastida & Bastida 1980: 381, fig. 7; Gordon & Mawatari, 1992: 21, pl. 5E; Hayward & Ryland, 1998: 216, fig. 66; De Blauwe 2009: 220, figs 218–220.

Material examined. MACN-In 43876, Comodoro Rivadavia harbour, April 25, 2019, collected by Mariana Abelando.

Description. See Lichtschein de Bastida & Bastida (1980).

Distribution. Widely distributed in warm and temperate waters of both hemispheres (Gordon & Mawatari 1992). Its presence in Brazil, however, has been regarded as doubtful (Vieira et al. 2008). Its local distribution includes Mar del Plata, Belgrano (Lichtschein de Bastida & Bastida 1980) and Comodoro Rivadavia (this study) harbours.