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Actisecos

Actisecos

Canu & Bassler, 1927

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Diagnosis. Colonies free, discoidal, small (no more than four zooidal generations were observed), slightly or strongly convex. Zooids small, elongated. Peristome long, cylindrical, swollen in the base, with pustulose surface. Primary orifice subcircular. Frontal shield centrally smooth or with sporadic tubercules that are more common on the periphery, with few (nine to 19) foramina. Basal pore chambers with 1 – 2 communication pore (s). Marginal pores absent. Basal autozooidal walls covered by flat kenozooids with large membranous area. No avicularia. Ovicells prominent, peristomial, terminal, developing exclusively in the peripheral zooids. Ectooecium membranous, entooecium pustulose with numerous pseudopores. Ancestrula is autozooidal in shape, surrounded by six zooids.
Cáceres-Chamizo, Julia P., Sanner, Joann, Tilbrook, Kevin J., Ostrovsky, Andrew N. (2017): Revision of the Recent species of Exechonella Canu & Bassler in Duvergier, 1924 and Actisecos Canu & Bassler, 1927 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata): systematics, biogeography and evolutionary trends in skeletal morphology. Zootaxa 4305 (1): 1-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4305.1.1
Type species: Actisecos regularis Canu & Bassler, 1927
Cáceres-Chamizo, Julia P., Sanner, Joann, Tilbrook, Kevin J., Ostrovsky, Andrew N. (2017): Revision of the Recent species of Exechonella Canu & Bassler in Duvergier, 1924 and Actisecos Canu & Bassler, 1927 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata): systematics, biogeography and evolutionary trends in skeletal morphology. Zootaxa 4305 (1): 1-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4305.1.1

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Revision of the Recent species of Exechonella Canu & Bassler in Duvergier, 1924 and Actisecos Canu & Bassler, 1927 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata): systematics, biogeography and evolutionary trends in skeletal morphology

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cáceres-Chamizo, Julia P., Sanner, Joann, Tilbrook, Kevin J., Ostrovsky, Andrew N. (2017): Revision of the Recent species of Exechonella Canu & Bassler in Duvergier, 1924 and Actisecos Canu & Bassler, 1927 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata): systematics, biogeography and evolutionary trends in skeletal morphology. Zootaxa 4305 (1): 1-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4305.1.1

Abstract

The present study describes species of Exechonella and Actisecos discovered through the examination of recent collections from the Red Sea, coast of Oman and Maldive Islands (Indian Ocean) and the Lizard Island, Australia (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea) in comparison with historical collections. Eight species of Exechonella are redescribed: E. grandis (type species), E. ampullacea, E. antillea, E. brasiliensis, E. erinacea, E. pumicosa, E. spinosa and E. verrucosa. Eighteen new species of Exechonella are also described: E. azeezi n. sp., E. catalinae n. sp., E. californiensis n. sp., E. claereboudti n. sp., E. elegantissima n. sp., E. floridiana n. sp., E. harmelini n. sp., E. kleemanni n. sp., E. maldiviensis n. sp. E. nikitai n. sp., E. panamensis n. sp., E. reniporosa n. sp., E. rimopora n. sp., E. safagaensis n. sp., E. similis n. sp., E. variperforata n. sp. E. vavrai n. sp. and E. vieirai n. sp. The species studied were grouped in five species complexes. Additionally, two species from the genus Actisecos — A. regulari s and A. discoidea were redescribed. The current revision highlights a number of important taxonomical, biogeographical and morphological questions that are of the general biological interest. Among thеm is a polyphyletic nature of Cheilostomata possessing umbonuloid frontal shield.

Key words: bryozoans, Exechonellidae, Actisecidae, new species, systematics, biogeography, evolution

Cáceres-Chamizo J P, Sanner J, Tilbrook K J, Ostrovsky A N, plazi (2017). Revision of the Recent species of Exechonella Canu & Bassler in Duvergier, 1924 and Actisecos Canu & Bassler, 1927 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata): systematics, biogeography and evolutionary trends in skeletal morphology. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4305.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

CC0Published 12/31/2017View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
132632432
Dataset Key
24ae3650-4b27-4fcb-9f51-1787fd8aa2a4
Origin
source
Backbone Key
1008613
Taxon ID
CF0AB852FFBEE968FF03FD5B9461E009.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026