Cigclisula fruticosa Hayward & Ryland, 1995

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

Type specimen. NHMUK 1999.12.1.1, 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 .

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.