Adeonella sparassis Ortmann, 1890: 54 Adeonella hexangularis Okada, 1920: 630 Adeonella hexangularis Okada 1934: 17 Mawatari 1952: 285 Adeonellopsis sparassis Hirose 2010: 52 Reptadeonella Hirose 2010: 53 Diversity and distribution of adeonid bryozoans (Cheilostomata: Adeonidae) in Japanese waters Hirose, Masato European Journal of Taxonomy 2016 2016-06-08 203 203 1 41 (Ortmann, 1890) Ortmann 1890 [549,1038,1727,1754] Gymnolaemata Adeonidae Adeonellopsis Animalia Cheilostomatida 18 19 Bryozoa species sparassis   Figs 12–13      Adeonella sparassis Ortmann, 1890: 54, pl. 4, fig. 10.     Adeonella hexangularis Okada, 1920: 630, text fig. 7, pl. 8, fig. 10.    Adeonella hexangularis–  Okada 1934: 17, pl. 2, fig. 2. —  Mawatari 1952: 285.    Adeonellopsis sparassis–  Hirose 2010: 52, pl. 88, figs A–G.    Reptadeonellasp. –  Hirose 2010: 53, pl. 90, figs A̅D.    Material examined   Lectotype[designated herein]   JAPAN: colony, Sagami Bay, 1882, collected by  L. Döderlein, MZS 1-2( SEMspecimen NSMT-Te745).   Paralectotypes[designated herein]  JAPAN: colony, Yokohama, 1891, collected by Rolle, MZS1-1 ( SEMspecimen NSMT-Te747); colony, Sagami Bay, 1882, collected by L. Döderlein, MZS1-3 ( SEMspecimen NSMT-Te740).   Fig. 12.  Adeonellopsis sparassis( Ortmann, 1890). A. Left, lectotype (MZS 1-2); right, paralectotype (MZS 1-1) from among Ortmann’s (1890)syntypes in the Döderlein Collection. B. Colonies collected at Tanegashima (NSMT-Te774). C. Autozooids (MZS 1-2) (NSMT-Te745). D. Gonozooids (MZS 1-2) (NSMT-Te745). E. Young, encrusting colony in Showa Emperor Collection (NSMT-BryR362). F. Enlargement showing young autozooids with small spiramen (NSMT-BryR362). A–B = optical photographs; C–F = SEM images. Scale bars: A–B = 2 cm; C = 150 μm; D–E = 200 μm; F = 100 μm.  Other material examined  JAPAN: colonies collected from Suzaki, Izu, Sagami Sea, in the Emperor Showa collection at NSMT(NSMT-BryR362); colonies collected from Ariake Sea (NSMT-Te770), from near Yakushima and Tanegashima (NSMT-Te772, Te773, Te774); from off Shimoda (NSMT-Te890); from south of Nagannu Island(NSMT-Te750, Te803); from Ogasawara (NSMT-Te771).    Measurements Autozooids. ZL: 358̅659 (527±64); ZW: 186̅379 (263±39); n = 75. SOrL: 46̅91 (63±8); SOrW: 72̅118 (89±9); n = 53. SAvL: 106̅174 (139±15); SAvW: 48̅105 (75±13); n = 75. SpL: 29̅76 (54±11); SpW: 32̅83 (52±11); n = 74. Gonozooids. ZL: 623̅855 (722±54); ZW: 445̅630 (534±54); n = 24. SOrL: 52 ̅112 (77±14); SOrW: 136̅265 (223±26); n = 21. SAvL: 137̅218 (162±22); SAvW: 88̅117 (104±8); n = 21. SpL: 97̅185 (129±20); SpW: 99̅267 (159±33); n = 23. Young autozooids in ancestrular complex. ZL: 320̅396 (361±32); ZW: 198̅283 (231±31); n = 6. SOrL: 67̅83 (77±6); SOrW: 93̅109 (100±7); n = 6. SAvL: 56̅75 (67±8); SAvW: 28̅55 (46±12); n = 6. SpL: 18̅31 (23±5); SpW: 31̅56 (41±9); n = 6. Vicarious avicularia at branch margins. L: 253̅476 (327±69); W: 154̅228 (174±26); n = 8.   Description Colony brownish yellow, dichotomously branching, irregularly spreading, many proximal branches anastomosing, forming compact three-dimensional structure ( Fig. 12A); anastomosed basal region can exceed 4 cmhigh ( 3.67–4.64 cm). Branches flat, ribbon-like, variable in width ( Fig. 12B); 1.6–8.6 mmwide (average 4.0 mm; n = 101); much wider basally. Autozooids on both sides of branch, oval or hexagonal, outlined by deep marginal groove ( Figs 12C, 13B); younger zooids at end of branch shorter (average 382 μm; n = 6) and broader (average 324 μm; n = 9) than older zooids in anastomosed basal region. Frontal shield minutely granulate, with numerous marginal pores and small ascopore ( Figs 12C, 13B). Spiramen almost circular in younger zooids, divided into 3̅5 denticulate pores ( Fig. 13B, E); slightly broader in older zooids in basal part of colony (average 66 μm; n = 12). Peristome transversely oval, roughly semicircular in outline, not tubular; primary orifice submersed in peristome. Triangular suboral avicularium in center of frontal shield, between spiramen and orifice, directed distally ( Figs 12F, 13B). Rarely autozooids have an additional, smaller frontal avicularium, budded from frontal areolae near proximal margin of zooid, directed distally ( Fig. 12C). Gonozooids ( Figs 12D, 13C, F) occur at branch bifurcations ( Fig. 13C, F); larger than autozooids, hexagonal; with single or double rows of marginal pores ( Fig. 12D); slightly crescentic orifice compressed, much wider than long; spiramen large, rounded-triangular or oval in outline, divided into 6̅10 small, denticulate pores ( Figs 12D, 13C). Gonozooids in basal part of colony much broader (average 602 μm; n = 6), and with a slightly larger spiramen (average 142 μm long by 199 μm wide; n = 5). Vicarious avicularia ( Fig. 13A) often along edges of branches; triangular, directed distally; about same length as autozooids; rostrum length about half of autozooid length. One young colony observed ( Fig. 13D); encrusting, circular, 1.2 cmin diameter; ancestrular complex consisting of six zooids radiating from center. Autozooids in young, encrusting colonies ( Figs 12E–F, 13D) oval, surrounded by distinct shallow groove; frontal shield with few marginal pores and 4–6 knobs ( Fig. 12F); secondary orifice broadly semicircular; spiramen circular, divided into 2–4 small, denticulate pores; triangular suboral avicularium much smaller than that of mature autozooids; between spiramen and orifice, directed distally, often partly overlapping proximal orificial margin ( Fig. 12F).    Remarks Ortmann’s specimens comprise only the basal, anastomosed parts of colonies ( Fig. 8A), and zooidal characters in these specimens are identical to those in the basal parts of the more-complete  Adeonellopsis sparassiscolonies that I studied.  Adeonellopsis sparassisresembles  A. sulcata(Milne Edwards, 1836)in having a multiporous spiramen and small, distally directed suboral avicularia, but differs from the latter in having a smaller, circular spiramen. MacGillivray’s (1880: plate 48, fig. 7) illustration of Eschara mucronata(MacGillivray, 1868) (=  A. sulcata) appears to represent the basal part of a colony of  Adeonellopsisthat resembles  A. sparassis. However, as I did not examine MacGillivray’s typespecimen, I do not include it in the synonymy of  A. sparassis.   Fig. 13.  Adeonellopsis sparassis( Ortmann, 1890). A. Autozooids and marginal vicarious avicularia (NSMT-Te772). B. Enlargement of autozooids (NSMT-Te772). C. Autozooids and gonozooids (NSMT- Te774). D. Young, encrusting colony (NSMT-Te770). E. Young autozooids, showing circular spiramen and large areolar pores (NSMT-Te774). F. Young autozooids and gonozooids at branch bifurcation (NSMT-Te774). SEM images. Scale bars: A, C = 300 μm; B = 150 μm; D–E = 200 μm; F = 300 μm. I identified an encrusting colony in the Emperor Showa collection as a young colony of  A. sparassisbased on the small, round multiporous spiramen and the triangular suboral avicularium between the ascopore and orifice. Hayward & McKinney (2002)described a similar ancestrular complex consisting of six zooids in the closely related encrusting genus  Reptadeonella. Bock & Cook (2000)also reported a similar encrusting ancestrular complex in  Adeonellopsis, but they described a remarkably different bipolar ancestrular colony in the articulated genus  Adeona. I conclude the ancestrular complex in the Emperor Showa collection to be  A. sparassisrather than  Reptadeonellaor the other genera, based on the orifice shape and the multiporous spiramen. The knobs on the frontal shield of zooids in the encrusting colony appear to be a character common to young zooids in several adeonid species.  Okada (1920)described another adeonid bryozoan,  Adeonella hexangularis Okada, 1920, from Misaki (Sagami Bay) and the KagoshimaGulf (southern Kyushu), which surely is  Adeonellopsisaccording to his description of a multiporous spiramen. Due to the limited original description and apparent loss of the typespecimens, the identity of  A. hexangularisis unclear, but Okada’s description of an anastomosed colony morphology, frontal shields with a single or double rows of marginal pores, and gonozooids located at branch bifurcation and having a broad, proximodistally compressed orifice indicate that it is conspecific with  A. sparassisand constitutes a junior synonym of the latter. Mawatari (1952)reported nominal  A. hexangularisfrom off Wakayamaand Minabe, Kii Peninsula, without a description; according to this record,  A. sparassisis probably also distributed around the Kii Peninsula.    Distribution  Japan: detected in this study from Sagami Bay, TokyoBay (Yokohama), Sagami Sea (Izu Peninsula), Ariake Sea, Nansei Islands (near Yakushima and west of Okinawa), and Ogasawara, at depths of 24– 141 m. It was collected from eastern Sagami Bay and western Sagami Sea by Döderlein and Emperor Showa, but was not found recently in those areas by NSMT. 2625224301 [189,1399,348,375] SEM L. Doderlein Japan Sagami Bay 19 20 MZS 1-2 1 lectotype