Cheilostome Bryozoa from Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia
Twenty-three species of cheilostome bryozoans are described from the Malaysian islands of Penang and Langkawi based on a brief reconnaisance survey of shore localities. These are the first bryozoans to be formally described from either island and they demonstrate the potential for further researc...
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Consortium of European Natural History Museums
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/38436/1/Cheilostome_Bryozoa_from_Penang_and_Langkawi%2C_Malaysia.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/38436/ http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.149 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
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| Summary: | Twenty-three species of cheilostome bryozoans are described from the Malaysian islands
of Penang and Langkawi based on a brief reconnaisance survey of shore localities. These are the first
bryozoans to be formally described from either island and they demonstrate the potential for further
research on these neglected suspension feeders. Of the 23 species recorded, 12 are anascans, half of
which are malacostegines, and 11 are ascophorans. The new combinations Acanthodesia falsitenuis
(Liu, 1992), A. perambulata (Louis & Menon, 2009) and A. irregulata (Liu, 1992) are introduced. Most
of the species recorded are widespread in the Indo-Pacific, and some are apparently globally distributed
in the tropics and subtropics, including the invasive fouling species Bugula neritina, Hippoporina indica
and Schizoporella japonica, as well as the coral reef associates Cranosina coronata and Hippopodina
feegeensis. Plastic debris and glass bottles were encrusted by Jellyella eburnea, a coloniser of floating
biological and man-made objects that is becoming widespread in the tropics and subtropics of the
world’s oceans. |
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