Aetea anguina ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Souto, Javier, Kaufmann, Manfred J. & Canning-Clode, João, 2015, New species and new records of bryozoans from shallow waters of Madeira Island, Zootaxa 3925 (4), pp. 581-593 : 585

Aetea anguina ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Sertularia anguina Linnaeus, 1758: 816 .

Aetea anguina: Hincks 1880: 4 , pl. 1, figs 4–5; Prenant & Bobin 1968: 80, figs 17, 18; Hayward & Ryland 1998: 100, fig. 16.

Material examined. MMF 44298, 44300, 44311, 32º38’03.34’’ N; 16º56’04.05’’ W, 11 m, August 2013, on rock samples.

Remarks. Only one previous work reported A. anguina in Madeira, as a common species on seaweeds ( Norman 1909). Aetea anguina is considered a widespread species in temperate and tropical waters but not in polar waters. This species grows in shallow water, mainly on seaweeds, but it is possible to find it on rocks, shells, hydroids or other bryozoans (Prenant & Bobin 1966; Hayward & Ryland 1998). The specimens recorded in this study were found on rock samples, particularly parts covered by coralline algae.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Aetea anguina. FIGURE 12. Reptadeonella violacea.