Abstract
The genus Turbicellepora was established by Ryland (1963) in the course of his work on the Norwegian bryozoan fauna. At present, the genus includes 71 recent and fossil species, which have been reported from all continents and seas (Bock & Gordon 2014). The distinctive characteristics of the genus include a multiporous ooecium, proximal orificial sinus, an asymmetrically placed peristomial avicularium and enlarged or vicarious avicularia (Ryland 1963). Occasionally, an additional pre-oral avicularium is also present (Hayward 1978). Colonies have a changeable form. They can be massive and branching or have the form of a mound or flat crust. The most comprehensive comparative study of European species of the genus, with detailed descriptions of 13 taxa, was carried out by Hayward (1978), who noted that the genus seemed to be centred in the Atlanto–Mediterranean region.
References
Bock, P. & Gordon, D. (2014) World list of Bryozoa. Available from: World Register of Marine Species. Available from: http://www.marinespecies.org (accessed 7 December 2015)
Busk, G. (1952a) An account of the Polyzoa, and sertularian zoophytes, collected in the voyage of the Rattlesnake, on the coasts of Australia and the Louisiade Archipelago, &c. In: MacGillivray, J. (Ed.), Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley ... 1846–1850; including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc., to which is added the account of Mr E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula [including Mr W. Carron's narrative]. Vol. 1. W. Boone, London, pp. 343–402, pl. 1.
Busk, G. (1884) Report on the Polyzoa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Part I. – The Cheilostomata. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology, 10 (30), xxiv, 1–216, pls. 1–36.
Canu, F. & Bassler, R.S. (1928) Bryozoaires du Brésil. Bulletin de la Societé des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales de Seine et Oise, Série 2, 9 (5), 58–110, pls. 1–9.
Denisenko, N.V. (1990) Distribution and Ecology of Bryozoans of the Barents Sea. Kola Scientific Centre, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Apatity, 156 pp. [in Russian]
Hansen, K.B. (1962) [The Godthaab Expedition 1928] Bryozoa. Meddelelser om Grønland, 81 (6), 1–74.
Hayward, P.J. (1978) Systematic and morphological studies on some European species of Turbicellepora (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata). Journal of Natural History, 12, 551–590.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770411Hayward, P.S. & Hansen, K.B. (1999) Three newly recognized cheilostomate bryozoans from the British sea area. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 79, 917–921.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315498001088Hayward, P.S. & Ryland, J.S. (1979) Cheilostomatous Bryozoa. Part 2, Hippothooidea ‒ Celleporoidea. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, 14, 1–312.
Hayward, P.S. & Ryland, J.S. (1999) Cheilostomatous Bryozoa. Part 2, Hippothooidea ‒ Celleporoidea. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, 14, 1–416. [2nd Edition]
Johnston, G. (1838) A History of the British Zoophytes. W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, xii + 341 pp., 44 pls.
Kluge, G.A. (1962) Mshanki severnych morei SSSR. Opredeleteli po Faune SSSR, Izdavaemye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk, 76, 1–584.
Koltun, V.M. (1964) Toward the study of the bottom fauna of the Greenland Sea and Central Arctic Basin. In: Koltun, V.M., Balakshina, L.L. (Eds.), Scientific Results of High Latitude Oceanographic Expeditions to the Northern Part of the Greenland Sea and Neighbouring Areas of the Arctic Ocean in 1955–1958. Proceedings of AARI, 259, pp. 13–78. [in Russian]
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1914) [Conspectus Faunae Groenlandicae] Bryozoa, Endoprocta, Pterobranchia, og Enteropneusta. Meddelelser om Grønland, 23, 545–634.
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1916) [Danmarks-Ekspeditionen til Grønlands nordøstkyst 1906–1908] Bryozoa. Meddelelser om Grønland, 43, 433–472, pls. 19–24.
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp.
Lorenz, L. (1886) Bryozoen von Jan Mayen. In: Die Internationale Polarforschung 1882-1883.Die Österreichische Polarstation Jan Mayen, Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd.3, Wien, pp. 83-100.
Nordgaard, O. (1906) Die Bryozoen des westlichen Norwegens. Meeresfauna von Bergen, 2, 76–107, 2 pls.
Ryland, J.S. (1963) Systematic and biologic studies on Polyzoa (Bryozoa) from western Norway. Sarsia, 14, 1–59.
Smitt, F. (1868) Kritsk förteckning öfver Skandnaviens Hafs-Bryozoer. (IV. &C.). Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, 25, 3–320, pls. 24–28.
Tendal, O.S., Jørgensbye, H., Kenchington, E., Yashayaev, I. & Best, M. (2013) Greenland’s first living deep-water coral reef. ICES Insight, 50, 14–17.
Winston, J.E. & Woollacott, R.M. (2009) Scientific results of the Hassler Expedition. Bryozoa. No. 1. Barbados. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 159, 239–300.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3099/0027-4100-159.5.239Wood, S.V. (1844) Descriptive catalogue of the zoophytes of the Crag. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13, 10–21.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561