taxonID	type	description	language	source
039B87890870FFEFFF6BFF1BFD4523E6.taxon	description	Locality: Sikka, Jamnagar, Gujarat (22 ° 27 ’ 57.4 N) Substratum: Encrusting on molluscan shell. Description: Zooecia were broadest. Gymnocyst absent. Opesia depressed, broader basally and tapering distally. Vicarious avicularia present and rare. Large vicarious avicularia noticed in one with an extensive circular area, to lodge the avicularian mandible. The lateral portion of this is pointed at the loci where it merges with the zooecial margin. The cryptocyst of vicarious avicularium less developed. Adventitious avicularia common positioned at the proximal end of the zooecia directed distally. The distal portion is slightly elevated and crowding of zooids gives the impression of placement of this avicularia laterally at the distal portion of the preceding zooecia (Menon and Menon, 2006). Records from Indian waters: Cochin, West coast of India Distribution: Bonin Island, Pacific and Indian waters.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890870FFEFFF6BFBA7FDD626EB.taxon	description	Locality: Sikka, Jamnagar, Gujarat (22 ° 27 ’ 57.4 N). Substratum: Dead coral rubble. Description: Colony delicate, branched and arborescent. Orifice semicircular with very shallow sinus and two small sclerites. Scapular chamber well developed; a small avariculam with triangular mandible, present between the infra and suprascapular chambers; Ooecium slightly longer than wide, overlapping the distal zooid up to half of its length; base of the distal border beaded wide and almost reaching the scapular chamber, median frontal windows present. Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Indonesia, Western Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, Western Africa and Brazil.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890870FFEFFC95FF1BFBD0235D.taxon	description	Locality: Narara, Jamnagar, 22 ° 28 ’ 49.9 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble. Description: Colony multilaminar; autozooids small; recumbent; convex, separated by deep grooves. Frontal shield smoothly calcified, Avicularia resting on either side on peristome rim, rostrum acute, triangular, slightly hooked and raised from rim distally, complete crossbar, distally directed. Vicarious avicularia large, sporadic, elevated on inflated cystid, the proximal portion at a angle to the widely spatualte rostrum, small rostral palate, large oval rostral opesia, proximal opesia D-shaped, randomly orientated. Ovicells not observed. Circular primary orifice; Small, paired, distally directed triangular ovicularia. Distribution: Indo-Pacific	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890870FFEFFC95FC29FC1125D8.taxon	description	Locality: Piroton Island, Gujarat, 22 ° 39 ’ 991 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble. Description: Colony encrusting, multiserial, Zooids almost long and wide. Orifice D shaped. Avaricularia large, interzooidal, paired, long, Ovicells not seen. Zoaria encrusting. Zooecia oval with semi lunar aperture. Frontal wall consists of 6 – 8 pair of costae with very narrow lateral costal fusions. Median lamella not developed. Aperture semilunar. Oral spines sometimes missing or developed. Distribution: Hybica and Strba, Western Carpathians, Slovakia	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890870FFE8FC95F9AFFE1A2340.taxon	description	Locality: Piroton Island, Gujarat, 22 ° 39 ’ 991 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble. Description: Colonies are encrusting with developing extensive unilaminar sheets. Frontal shield with numerous small pseudopores, slightly inflated and smooth. Umbo not noticed. Orifice is smaller relatively with the zooid size, wider than long and nearly semicircular with evenly rounded front and straight proximal border with fine teeths between the condyles. Peristome slightly developed. Oral spines not observed might hidden. Ascopore is moderately large in the midline a little proximal to the aperture and set within a reniform smooth depression. Ovicells are hyperstomial, prominent and moderately large with frontal surface pustulose. Avicularium larger, adventious and upaired usually located on one side a little proximal to the ascopore, mandible long triangular to setose. Records from Indian waters: Andamans, Gopalpore, Orissa, Chavra, and Cochin, Kerala. Distribution: American pacific coast, British Columbia waters, Panama, Galapagos Islands, Mediterranean, Naples, Mexico and Brazil.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890877FFE8FC88FEF7FAA422C7.taxon	description	Locality: Mithapore, Gujarat, 23 ° 09 ’ 01.2 N Substratum: Encrusting on rocks Description: Colony encrusting; Gonoecia elliptical; elongated; pleurocysts granualar with small pores; avicularia two; small; arranged symmetrically on the sides of the opening. Spicules present within the zoeci. Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea and Australia.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890877FFE8FC88FC80FA122636.taxon	description	Locality: Poshitra, Dwaraka, Gujarat, 22 ° 24 ’ 50.3 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble Description: Colony is encrusting, often very extensive, unilamilar or multilamilar. Autozooids generally rectangular, slightly inflated when superposed, arranged in longitudinal rows, and separated by well-defined calcareous lines. The Primary orifice is hoofshaped and indented with condyles otherwise with straight lateral sides. Adventitious paired avicularia occupying the disto-lateral region directing inwards with tips not meeting on the median line. Mandibles are acutely triangular. Orifice, orientated medially. Ovicells very large, slightly calcified, rounded and evenly perforated. Records from Indian waters: Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar and Cochin. Distribution: Philippines, Australia, Fiji and the Red Sea.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890877FFE8FF4EFCABFE38274E.taxon	description	Locality: Piroton Island, Gujarat, 22 ° 39 ’ 991 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble. Description: Colony encrusting; autozooids relatively small; roughly hexagonal, convex, frontal shield nodular. Primary orifice smooth, no condyles visible. Six equally spaced spines, four remaining in ovicellate zooids; ascopore half of orifice length proximal to the orifice, raised, cute to frontal shield, surrounded by a thick rim, its median process small, triangular, opening reniform. Avicularia single or more commonly paired, relatively small, above the lateral walls and surrounded by the lateral wall calcification derived from marginal areolae, positioned slightly distolateral to the ascopore, distally or distolaterally directed, the rostrum abruptly tapered, crossbar complete, mandible setiform, no lateral laminae or basal processes. Ovicell imperforate, not personate, globular, prominent, resting on frontal shield of distal zooid, nodular, a series of ribs and grooves basally, giving a scalloped edge. Ten spines around opesia. Six oral spines; Raised ascopore and positioning of the relatively small avicularia on the lateral walls. Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Solomon Islands, Mbanika Islands, Russel Islands, Anuha Reefs (Florida Islands) and the seas around the China coast.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890877FFE9FC88F970FE3522B0.taxon	description	Locality: Dwaraka, Gujarat, 22 ° 24 ’ 50.3 N Substratum: Coral rocks Description: Colony is encrusting. Autozooids long, convex with inconspicuous septal lines. Primary orifice is circular, wider than long. Two lateral adventious avicularia, oral in position, placed at the top of raised platforms. A spatula tesuboral avicularia noticed in some zooids. Ovicells are smaller than in most species of the genus, the lip is considerably raised above the level of the operculum. Records from Indian waters: Laccadives Islands and Madras; Indian waters. Distribution: Egypt; Port Jackson; Ceylon, Strait of Makassar, Celebes Sea.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890876FFE9FF6BFCF6FDAD26D4.taxon	description	Locality: Sachana, Jamnagar, Gujarat, 22 o. 34.00.5 ’ N Substratum: Dead coral rubble Description: Colony is erect, delicate, variously branching reaching up to length of 5 cm and with rootlets anchoring to a substratum. Internodes are distally greater in length and tapering proximally, square sectioned usually four or five autozooids on each face with alternating back-to-back pairs, dividing dichotomously with nodes consisting of slender cuticular tubes. Autozooids elongate, distal region of the preceding autozooid overarches the proximal portion of the succeeding one. Operculum large and occupies the distal region. Well-developed gymnocyst produces a raised mural rim giving the autozooid the shape of a boat. Cryptocyst is smooth, better developed proximally than laterally. Two raised adventious avicularia positioned frontally on large proximal area of gymnocyst. Records from Indian waters: Andaman Island; Laccadives and Off Cochin. Distribution: Florida; Tortugas Island; Crozet Island, Heard Island; Aru Island, Saleyar, Seget, Timer; Victoria; Queensland; Philippines; Siboga stations in the Indo-Australian Archipelago; Ceylon.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890876FFE9FC95FF1BFB2824E3.taxon	description	Locality: Malvan port, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 16 ° 04 ’ 09.8 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble Description: Colony is encrusting, multilaminar or occasionally grows into free unilaminar fronds. Autozooids rectangular to irregularly polygonal. Orifice is circular or slightly triangular proximally. Primary orifice could be seen through the peristome, slightly wider than long, distal edge more or less straight, with a few indistinct denticulations. Avicularia are numerous and polymorphic. Two types of small avicularia, one acute and the other rounded, distributed in almost every zooecium. Gigantic adventitious avicularia is present in some autozooids, extending from lateral to orificc proximally, for whole length of autozooid, rostrum spatula shaped, deeply cupped, with a coarsely denticulate distal rim. Ovicell spherical, slightly immersed, ectooecium present at the rim. Peristome may invade the proximal rim extending onto its frontal surface. Records from Indian waters: Cochin, East and West Coasts of India Distribution: Egypt, Burma, Sumbawa, Strait of Makassar, Paternoster Island, Sulu Archipelago, Saleyer, South of Celebes, south-east Celebes, West Flares, Banda Sea, Aru Island; Great Barrier Reef.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890876FFE9FC95FAC9FC062723.taxon	description	Locality: Vijaydurg, Ratnagiri, 16 ° 55 ’ 82.4 N Substratum: Encrusting on sea grass Description: Zoarium encrusting. Small zooecia separated by calcareous lines. Marginal pores are very small. A highly raised peristome, proximally with a sinus. Spines present, two to three in number on the distal region of the peristome. A broad Iyrule present. Unilateral avicularia, with triangular or rounded tip directing proximally. Ovicell not noticed (Menon and Menon, 2006). Distribution: Madagascar, Ceylon, Mauritius and Indian waters.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890875FFEAFF4EFF1BFF7A2507.taxon	description	Locality: Mayakarwadi, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, 17 ° 03 ’ 88.2 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble Description: Colony is encrusting, mostly unilaminar and occasionally multilaminar. Autozooids are quadrangular to hexagonal, regularly arranged in files or in quincunx, separated by deep grooves or superposed. Pores small and areolae large; tubercular. Primary orifice square to rounded, slightly broader than long. Secondary orifice is with a narrow or broad sinus, demarcated by two cusps usually observed when narrow. Peristome is moderate, at most slightly raised and interrupted distally, with two lateral, triangular lappets joined together by a low, proximal collar. Lyrula is short and often narrow. Frontal shield is moderately convex and markedly nodular. Rostral tip is somewhat broad. Avicularia usually polymorphic 1. small, acute or oval, directed proximally, 2. sometimes a large spatulate and 3. oval or acute, mostly small, becoming excessively numerous in the superposed regions. Ovicells are of moderate size, globular, raised, ecto oecium sometimes extensive with regularly arranged small pores. Records from Indian waters: Quilon and West Coast Distribution: Sudanese Red Sea, Suez Canal region, Sulu Archipelago, Sumbawa, Banda Sea, New Guinea and Aru Island.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890875FFEAFC88FD84FBCC2556.taxon	description	Locality: Deogad, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 16 ° 37 ’ 32.3 N Substratum: Coral rubble. Description: Colony an encrusting. Autozooids small oval to hexagonal, covex. Primary orifice wide than long; Ovicell recumbent on distally succeeding autozooid, about as wide as long, globular; calcification more finely modular than of frontal shield. Umbo absent, avicularia large, present on few zooids, rostrum elongate triangular, often curving slightly medially, directed proximolaterally. Oval orifice; straight proximal edge with pointed condyles; Large, slightly curving frontal avicularia. Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Indo-Pacific in distribution. Heron Island (Great Barrier Reef), Gibson Island, Hamilton Passage, Choiseul, Yandina, Mbanika Island, Russell Islands (Solomon Island). Also reported from South China Sea, Malaysia and the Red Sea.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890875FFEAFF4EFAABFA0221C3.taxon	description	Locality: Rathnagiri fish landing centre, Maharshtra, 16 ° 99 ’ 92.1 N Substratum: Encrusting on molluscan shells. Description: Generally encrusting, occasionally tubular. Zoarium at first unilaminar, often with a later superposition of zooecia, which with their associated avicularia may differ materially from the juvenile condition. Zooecia usually with distinct marginal pores and areolate, sometimes with scattered frontal pores. Spines occasionally well developed, 2 - 6, often represented merely by their bases; apparently absent in some species. Primary orifice sunk, the operculam delicate. Peristome more or less raised and thin, or represented by a depression with no free wall. Avicularia lateral, or median suboral. Ovicells hyperstomial, globose or immersed; (Menon and Menon, 2006). Distribution: Ceylon, Sulu Archipelago, Sumbawa, Banda sea, West of North end of New guinea and Aru Islands.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890875FFEBFC88FA10FE9521B4.taxon	description	Locality: Veraval, Somnath, Gujarat, N 20 o. 53.860 ’ Substratum: Encrusting on molluscan shell Description: Encrusting zoaria, hexagonal. Distinct mural rim and contiguous. Cryptocyst provided with minute tubercles, more in number and distally elevated slightly. Opesiules distinct basally, trifoliate. Large avicularia, symmetrical without distinct rostrum. Large opesia slightly expanding distally. The rostrum though not distinct is profusely tuberculated. Mandibles not noticed. Ovicells absent (Menon and Menon, 2006). Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Indo-Australian Archipelago, Ceylon and Indian waters.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890874FFEBFF6BFE17FD152600.taxon	description	Locality: Devbagh, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 15 ° 99 ’ 28.8 N Substratum: Encrusting on molluscan shell Description: Colony encrusting. Autozooids are hexagonal or sometimes polygonal, concave, separated by marginal rim and distinct sutures. Membraneous frontal membrane translucent, light orange-brown, covering the sparsely granular cryptocystal frontal space, opesia small, an elongate D-shape, in distal half of zooid, surrounded by frontal cryptocyst. Operculum dark brown-orange in colour, smaller than opesia, lacking any discernible marginal sclerite. Avicularia and autozooids are narrower and apparently torqued towards its sibling autozooid. Cryptocyst granular, concave, opesia elongate oval, distally located, proximal border denticulate, smooth distally, a pair of condyles developed approximately two-thirds along each lateral wall; distal end of avicularium drawn to a point, turned towards its sibling zooid and channeled to accept the mandibular rachis; mandible long; rachis light chocolate brown in colour, hooked at its tip, translucent light orange-brown baldes; fertile zooids similar to in size to autozooids but with dimorphic opesia. Opesial shape; Avicularian shape with its pointed distal end and turned towards its sibling zooid. Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Various Shiboga stations in the Indo-Australian archipelago, Ceylon and Indo-Pacific.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890874FFEBFF6BF94BFACC23AC.taxon	description	Locality: Malvan fish landing centre, Maharashtra, 16 ° 05 ’ 44.0 N Substratum: Coral rubble Description: Large Zoarium and tubular. Orifices are placed on the outer surface of the tubes. Spines present and placed one on each side of the orifice. Infra fenestral avicularia more or less slanting, oval in shape, placed on slightly raised calcareous thickenings. The labial avicularia not noticed. Small rounded frontal avicularia are found along with ovicells. Ovicells are large and are distinct normally placed in the regions where the bifurcation takes place. Characteristic trifoliate stigma present, the arm of stigma ending in minute rounded pores (Menon and Menon, 2006). Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Even though this species has been reported by Tripathy et al., (2016) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, it has not been mentioned as new record to India in his research paper. Also, the photograph provided by the authors is not clear and does not bearing clear taxonomic characters which can be seen only by SEM photographs. Distribution: Sulu Archipelago and Philippines	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B87890874FFE4FC95FB96FD482182.taxon	description	Locality: Kolamb creek, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 16 ° 07 ’ 51.7 N Substratum: Intertidal rock Description: Colony forming broad, thin sheets. Autozooids diamond-shaped to irregularly polygonal in shape slightly convex, separated by shallow grooves. Frontal shield smooth, perforated by numerous evenly spaced, small round pores. Orifice pear-shaped, longer than wide, deep, orbicular anter, poster deep, narrow, cup-shaped, condyles short, triangular proximally directed. Ovicell prominent perforated as frontal shield, oval, longer than wide, a slightly raised median lobe, orifice of ovicellatezoids as wide as long. Zooeciules distal to all autozoids and ovicells, calcification similar to autozooids, orifice small anter deep, poster shallow, mandible rounded. Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Tropical Pacific ocean from the Jicaron islands, off Panama, to the Marquessas Islands, Fiji and the Loyality Islands, westwards to Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, New Guinea, Sulu Archipelago, South China Sea, to the Red Sea and Solomon Islands.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B8789087BFFE4FC88FDAEFAE62597.taxon	description	Locality: Rathnagiri, Maharashtra, 16 ° 99 ’ 92.1 N Substratum: Boat scrapping. Description: Colony is encrusting, frequently multilaminar. Autozooids are large; mostly rectangular in shape with wide, squared distal end with single adventitious avicularia. Frontal shield is convex, covered with numerous irregularly arranged pseudopores and deep marginal areolar pores. Umbo is present behind the aperture. Primary orifice broader than long forming a wide D-shape, with U- shaped sinus proximally. Rostrum is acute with concave sides and upturned tip. Opesia is rounded, D shaped and the crossbar is without columella. Mandible is acutely pointed with distal tip curved upwards. Ovicells are porous, striated and often decorated with marginal costae. Records from Indian waters: Kerala and Maharashtra. Distribution: Northeast Atlantic, from northwest Africa and Spain to the Faeroes and Western Norway.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B8789087BFFE4FF4EFA05FABD21FC.taxon	description	Locality: Vijaydurg, Ratnagiri, 16 ° 55 ’ 82.4 N Substratum: Intertidal Rock Description: Colony is encrusting. Autozooids are large, with a rhomboidal aperture measuring wider than high and having a thin rim. Adoral area is without tubercles or sometimes present as reduced thin mounds. Front is granular with small pores. Oral shelf well developed. Opesiules are plain and very asymmetrical in frontal view. The basal insertions are variable either as a rod or an L-shape, but not hooked. Avicularia is present, ovoid shape tapering distally to a subacute point of a gothic arch and with acutely pointed mandibles. Operculum is complete. Ovicells not found. Records from Indian waters: Cape Comorin, Quilon and Cochin, West coast of India. Distribution: Mazatlan, California, Africa.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B8789087BFFE4FF4EFDC5FD1B2563.taxon	description	Locality: Kunkeshwar, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 16 ° 33 ’ 22.5 N Substratum: Intertidal rock Description: Colony encrusting, multiserial, sometimes erect, foliaceous and bilamellar, zooids subrectangular, separated by slightly raised lateral walls. Frontal shield slightly convex, with numerous round pseudopores, Frontal shield obscured by dark cuticle. Orifice large, oval with well-defined broad, deeply U shaped proximal sinus; slightly raised orifice sometimes present, bar shaped condyles, operculum narrow, biconcave dark central band with lucidae. Avicularia absent. Ovicells absent. Large orifice; Deep U-shaped sinus; Bar shaped condyles; Operculum with narrow dark central band Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India. Distribution: Mediterranean sea, Red Sea, Arabian sea, Pacific ocean, Japan, Australia Galapagos Is, Atlantic (Azores, Cape Verde and Senegal), Mediterranean (Naples) and Indian Ocean (India and Sri Lanka).	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B8789087BFFE5FC88FA3AFDEA21D8.taxon	description	Locality: Devbagh, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 15 ° 99 ’ 28.8 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble. Description: Colony is encrusting, unilaminar or bilaminar. Distinct autozooids mostly quadrangular arranged in regular longitudinal rows and separated by fine grooves. Frontal membrane covers whole of frontal area. Gymnocyst is abscent. Cryptocyst is thick, surface granular with lateral edges bearing small denticles. Opesia deep, more or less flat with a median proximal process varying in size and serrated at its free edge. Records from Indian waters: Manglore. Distribution: Red Sea, Zanzibar, Sri Lanka, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, California, Atlantic Morocco, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Japan and China.	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
039B8789087AFFE5FF6BFE33FCB424D4.taxon	description	Locality: Malvan port, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, 16 ° 04 ’ 09.8 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble and gorgonians. Description: Colony is encrusting, forming flat sheets. Autozooids usually large, rounded distally, concave proximally and distinct. Frontal area is covered by thick, opaque membrane, greenish-coloured, bordered by a thin, raised, mural rim. The A-zooids squarish to rectangular in shape with semicircular operculum, as wide as zooid, less than half as long, crescentic sclerite and a sub marginal series of small teeth on inner surface. B-zooids are with larger, wider operculum, as wide as zooid, wishbone-shaped sclerite and a sub marginal series of small teeth on inner surface. Gymnocyst barely visible as a smooth, raised distal margin surrounding and supporting operculum, ending at lateral opercular condyles. Cryptocyst are provided with pores sometimes numerous at the region where it ascends, the marginal	en	Venkatraman, C., Padmanaban, P., Louis, Soja, Shrinivaasu, S. (2018): Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4): 389-404, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
