Celleporaria brunnea ( Hincks, 1884 ) Introduced

Ruiz-Velasco, Sofía, Ros, Macarena, Guerra-García, José M. & López-Fé, Carlos M., 2025, Fouling bryozoans in recreational marinas of the Canary Islands (North-Eastern Atlantic) with new records of non-indigenous and cryptogenic species, Zootaxa 5656 (1), pp. 1-63 : 27

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Celleporaria brunnea ( Hincks, 1884 ) Introduced
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Celleporaria brunnea ( Hincks, 1884) Introduced View in CoL

( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 ; Table 12)

Cellepora brunnea Hincks, 1884: 56 ; O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue 1926: 21.

Holoporella brunnea : Hastings 1929: 731, pl. 16, figs 7, 108–110; Osburn 1952: 496, pl. 62, figs 10–12; Soule 1961: 33; Soule & Soule 1965: 38, figs 13, 14.

Celleporaria brunnea View in CoL : Winston 1986: 12, figs 19–22; Soule et al. 1995: 267, fig. 101; Koçak 2007: 192, fig. 2A–D; Seo & Min 2009: 29, fig. 7; Canning-Clode et al. 2013b, fig. 2; Lodola et al. 2015; 265, figs 3–5; Lezzi et al. 2015: 1, figs 2–3; McCuller & Carlton 2018: 153, fig. S18B; Ramalho & Caballero 2022: 197, fig. 1C, D; Souto et al. 2023: 14, figs 11, 12.

Celleporaria sp. aff. brunnea View in CoL : Harmelin 2014: 316, fig. 6.

Figured material. Big Canary Sports Dock (27/06/23) (1C on buoy) ( MNCN 25.03/4460).

Other material examined. Marina Lanzarote (29/06/23) (1C on buoy), Puerto Calero (29/06/23) (1C on buoy).

Description. Colony encrusting and irregular, unilaminar in first stages and multilaminar in more developed stages. Zooids light brown or greyish, operculum and mandible of avicularia dark brown to black ( Fig. 12A View FIGURE 12 ). Unilaminar colonies with radiating, linearly disposed zooids, and multilaminar colonies with irregular arrangement and morphology of zooids ( Fig. 12B View FIGURE 12 ). Zooids rectangular, with marginal pores and a granular frontal shield surface, more notable when secondary calcification is present. Some zooids with two visible oral spines placed distal to the primary orifice. Primary orifice slightly wider than long, distal margin rounded and proximal margin with a rounded pseudosinus in the centre limited by two denticulate projections ( Fig. 12C View FIGURE 12 ), and a high intra and intercolonial variability in its morphology and size. Orifice surrounded by a peristome more elevated proximally including an umbo with an oval suboral avicularium near the top, oriented perpendicular to the frontal plane and with a denticulate distal rim ( Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 ). Vicarious avicularia large with a spatulate mandible ( Fig. 12E View FIGURE 12 ). Ovicell with granular surface and wide open ( Fig. 12F View FIGURE 12 ).

Remarks. This species shows high intracolonial variability in certain characters, such as sinus size and the orientation and location of the denticulated projections in the sinus corners. Arístegui (1984b) detected Celleporaria aperta ( Hincks, 1882) in port environments of the Canary Islands. The description he provides of this species shows a slight resemblance to C. brunnea , except for (1) the constant oral spines in the material of Arístegui, and (2) the morphology of the avicularia (distally wider and elevated in the material of Arístegui).

Distribution and status. Celleporaria brunnea is very widespread on the Pacific coast of North America, occurring from British Columbia to the Galapagos Islands ( Hastings 1929; Soule 1961), indicating its probable origin in this area. It has been introduced to western Pacific coasts ( Seo & Min 2009), Hawaii ( McCuller & Carlton 2018) and the Mediterranean Sea, being recorded for the first time in the area in 2004 ( Koçak 2007). Since then, it has been frequently detected in Mediterranean coasts ( Harmelin et al. 2014; Lezzi et al. 2015; Lodola et al. 2015; Ulman et al. 2017; Ferrario et al. 2018; Ramalho & Caballero 2022). Its first detection on eastern Atlantic coasts was in 2012 in Portugal ( Canning-Clode et al. 2013b), and it has also been found in 2018 in Madeira ( Souto et al. 2023). This study constitutes the first record of C. brunnea from the Canary Islands, where we consider this species introduced.

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Bryozoa

Class

Gymnolaemata

Order

Cheilostomatida

Family

Celleporidae

Genus

Celleporaria

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Celleporaria brunnea ( Hincks, 1884 ) Introduced

Ruiz-Velasco, Sofía, Ros, Macarena, Guerra-García, José M. & López-Fé, Carlos M. 2025
2025
Loc

Celleporaria sp.

Harmelin, J. G. 2014: 316
2014
Loc

Celleporaria brunnea

Souto, J. & Ramalhosa, P. & Ferrario, J. & Png-Gonzalez, L. & Alvarez, S. & Gestoso, I. & Nogueira, N. & Canning-Clode, J. 2023: 14
McCuller, M. I. & Carlton, J. T. 2018: 153
Lezzi, M. & Pierri, C. & Cardone, F. 2015: 1
Seo, J. E. & Min, B. S. 2009: 29
Kocak, F. 2007: 192
Soule, D. F. & Soule, J. D. & Chaney, H. W. 1995: 267
Winston, J. E. 1986: 12
1986
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Holoporella brunnea

Soule, D. F. & Soule, J. D. 1965: 38
Soule, J. E. 1961: 33
Osburn, R. C. 1952: 496
Hastings, A. B. 1929: 731
1929
Loc

Cellepora brunnea

O'Donoghue, C. H. & O'Donoghue, E. 1926: 21
Hincks, T. 1884: 56
1884
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