Cigclisula fruticosa Hayward & Ryland, 1995

Almeida, Ana C. S., Souza, Facelucia B. C., Menegola, Carla M. S., Sanner, Joann & Vieira, Leandro M., 2014, Taxonomic review of the family Colatooeciidae Winston, 2005 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata), with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 3868 (1), pp. 1-61 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3868.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ACC2AFCA-549B-4E2E-9E33-BF229FA3348A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5523127
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cigclisula fruticosa Hayward & Ryland, 1995
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Cigclisula fruticosa Hayward & Ryland, 1995 View in CoL

Cigclisula fruticosa Hayward & Ryland, 1995: 558 View in CoL , figs 11E, 12A, B. [Heron Island, Australia]

Type specimen. NHMUK 1999.12 About NHMUK .1.1, Station 89, Western Australia, Dampier Archipelago, approx. 1.85 n. miles (3.4 km) North of Gordon Point , Rosemary Island , 20°27.33’ S, 116°34.39’ E to 20°27.17’ S, 116°32.72’ E, 27–28 m, 26 July 1999, J. Taylor & E. Glover col., Western Australian Museum don GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Cigclisula fruticosa is characterized by strongly convex zooids, a secondary orifice with low blunt processes, dimorphic adventitious avicularia and ectooecia with a longitudinal band of about 6 large pseudopores subdivided in 2–4 small pseudopores ( Hayward & Ryland 1995). The species is distinguished from all congeners by the primary orifice having a short U–shaped median sinus and the cribrate pseudopores of the ooecium.

Distribution. Pacific: Australia.