Bryozoa from northern Red Sea, Egypt: 1Crisia(Cyclostomata)

New species and new records of bryozoan species from fouling communities in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)

“…Notably, B. ingens was known only from its original description in Brazil (Vieira et al 2012 ). This species adds to the list of macroinvertebrates originating from Brazilian and Caribbean waters and recently detected in Madeira (Wirtz and Canning-Clode 2009 ; Canning-Clode et al 2013a , b ; Ramalhosa et al 2014 ; Souto et al 2015 , 2016). This also includes the bryozoans Beania maxilladentata Ramalho et al, 2008 and Parasmitina alba Ramalho et al, 2011 .…”

“…Crisia elongata was described from the Red Sea (Milne-Edwards 1838 ) and fossil and recent specimens were later recorded on several occasions. Currently, C. elongata is considered a widespread species in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Harmer 1915 ; Lagaaij 1959 ; Winston 1986 ; Gordon 1989 ; Ziko et al 2012 ; Chae et al 2020 ), but also in the Mediterranean Sea (Rosso and Di Martino 2016 ). Madeiran specimens show some differences compared to specimens described from the Pacific, which have a fewer zooids per internode and proportionally longer gonozooids.…”

“…Pioneer works on the bryozoan fauna from the Madeira Archipelago date back to the late nineteenth century (Busk 1858a , 1858b , 1859 , 1860 , 1861 ; Hincks 1880 ; Johnson 1897 ; Waters 1899 ; Norman 1909 ). Since then, several species have been added to this list, with most of the new records detected during the last two decades (d’Hondt 1985 , Alves and Cocito 2002 , Berning and Kuklinski 2008 , Berning et al 2008 , Wirtz and Canning-Clode 2009 , Berning 2012 , Souto et al 2014 ). In fact, Berning ( 2012 ) listed 140 species of bryozoans in Madeira and considered the island a “hotspot” of bryozoan diversity compared to other nearby regions.…”