A new species of the genus electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea: A new species of bryozoa from southern Oman

Elena A. Nikulina; Andrew N. Ostrovsky; Michel Claereboudt

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_14

A new species of the genus electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea: A new species of bryozoa from southern Oman

Elena A. Nikulina^*, Andrew N. Ostrovsky, Michel Claereboudt

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Marine Science and Fisheries

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Abstract

A new cheilostome bryozoan Electra omanensis n. sp. is described in Southern Oman (Dhofar Region, Arabian Sea) and is also the first description of any bryozoan from this area. The new species morphologically most resembles Electra indica (Menon and Nair (Mar Biol Ass India 17:553–579, 1975), but differs in (1) colony shape – colonies consist of long narrow branching strips, and (2) in the shape of the gymnocystal spines. The combination of these features is sufficiently distinctive and allows discriminating the new species from all other known species in this genus. Genetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal genes also support separate species status for this species of Electra.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	203-216
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_14
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Name	Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Volume	143
ISSN (Print)	2193-8571
ISSN (Electronic)	2193-858X

Keywords

Biodiversity
Molecular systematics
Taxonomy

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Computers in Earth Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Nikulina, E. A., Ostrovsky, A. N., & Claereboudt, M. (2013). A new species of the genus electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea: A new species of bryozoa from southern Oman. In Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences (pp. 203-216). (Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences; Vol. 143). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_14

A new species of the genus electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea: A new species of bryozoa from southern Oman. / Nikulina, Elena A.; Ostrovsky, Andrew N.; Claereboudt, Michel.
Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer International Publishing, 2013. p. 203-216 (Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences; Vol. 143).

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Nikulina, EA, Ostrovsky, AN & Claereboudt, M 2013, A new species of the genus electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea: A new species of bryozoa from southern Oman. in Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, vol. 143, Springer International Publishing, pp. 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_14

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A new species of the genus electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea: A new species of bryozoa from southern Oman

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