Adeona foliifera

Scientific Name:-

Adeona foliifera

Common Name:-

Not Known

Malayalam Name:-

Nill

Category:-

Bryozoa

Status:-

Not known

Description:-

Zoarium spread over the substratum by means of stolons. Erect zooecia arise from the expanded bases. The stalk of the zooecium corrugated, very different from the annulations found in Aetea anguina. The head portion smooth. The basal expansion from which the zooecia arise shows vague punctuations. Branching at right angles from the expanded base. Stolons also show indistinct corrugations. Frontal membrane thin and translucent. Zooecium length 650 µ; Breadth of stalk 65 µ (stalk).

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Benthic species

Habitat:-

Recorded off Kollam from a depth of 50 m.

Synonyms:-

Adeona foliacea Lamouroux, 1816

References:-

Bock, P. (2012). Adeona foliifera Lamarck, 1816. In: Bock, Phil; Gordon, D. (2012) World list of Bryozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=471932 on 2013-01-04
Menon, N.R. and Nair, N.B. (1967.) The ectoproctous bryozoans of the Indian waters. Journal of the marine biological association of India, 9(2): 430-432.
Menon, N.R. and Menon, N.N. (2006). Taxonomy of Bryozoa from the Indian EEZ. A monograph. Ocean Science and Technology Cell on Marine Benthos, Kochi and Centre for Marine Living resources and Ecology, Kochi 263 pp.

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