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The identity of two species of cyphonautes larvae (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2001

P.J. Hayward
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK, E-mail: P.J.Hayward@Swansea.ac.uk Research Associate, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK

Abstract

Two species of bryozoan cyphonautes larvae are described and illustrated from plankton tows made among coral heads in shallow waters at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Individuals of both species settled and metamorphosed, and their ancestrulae and early astogeny are also described and illustrated. One is recognized as a formerly unknown species of Conopeum, C. ponticum sp. nov., the other is attributed to Biflustra reticulata.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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