Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020

Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5094 (1), pp. 53-91 : 80

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBF67241-D93F-48CD-9548-463F0B0A9D47
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6301236
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D10787E6-FFFC-3F28-C1BA-9557C1DBFD17
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020
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Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 in Ramalho et al. 2020b

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Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 in Ramalho et al. 2020b: 468 View Cited Treatment , figs 6b–e, 7.

Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4311 : BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on a bioclast; MNCN 25.03/4312 : BV14, 96–100 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on a rock fragment.

Remarks. Although the absence of a complete ovicell, the colonies collected from the Alboran fit the description of the type material described from the Gulf of Cadiz ( Ramalho et al. 2020b) for all remaining taxonomic features and fall in the same range size. However, the material from Gulf of Cadiz was collected in deeper water ( 402–495 m) than the Alboran material ( 96–100 m).

This is the first record of this species in Mediterranean waters.