Barrosia, Souto, Javier, Reverter-Gil, Oscar & Fernández-Pulpeiro, Eugenio, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.196619 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6206584 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/100387ED-FFF1-705F-CEA8-F818FD34FE2C |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Barrosia |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Barrosia n. gen.
Type species. Barrosia balearica n. sp.
Diagnosis. Colony encrusting, unilaminar. Autozooidal frontal surface almost entirely membranous. Articulated oral spines present. Gymnocyst vestigial, comprising only a narrow rim that bears articulated periopesial spines; cryptocyst absent. Mural septula present, uniporous. Ovicell kenozooidal, with distal erect hollow spines and a large window in the ectooecium; uniporous distal septula present. Avicularia absent. Ancestrula tatiform.
Etymology. The genus is dedicated to Mr Manuel Gerónimo Barroso, the first Spanish bryozoologist, who achieved much significant work on this group.
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