Nine new species of Bugula Oken (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) in Brazilian shallow waters.

BACKGROUND: Bugula is a speciose genus of marine bryozoans, represented by both endemic and cosmopolitan species distributed in tropical and temperate waters and important to marine biologists because of the occurrence of many species in harbor and fouling communities, therefore as potential invader...

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Main Authors: Leandro M Vieira, Judith E Winston, Karin H Fehlauer-Ale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3395711?pdf=render