Deep-sea hard substrates host faunal novelties and distinct evolutionary lineages. However, sessile organisms on rocks are difficult to sample and largely unknown at extreme hadal depths. Here, we rep...

Abstract. Ctenostome bryozoans pose ongoing challenges for taxonomists and systematists, owing to their lack of character-rich mineralized skeletons. We pr

Subfossil cyclostome bryozoans from Daidokutsu submarine cave, Okinawa, Japan

Two recent marine calcifying bryozoans; Celleporaria cristata (Gymnolemata, Cheilotomata) and Densipora corrugata (Cyclostomata), from the South Australian coast show similar spindle-shaped colony for...

Samples of bryozoans collected from two localities in the Bay of Cádiz with different levels of anthropogenic impact are studied. A total of 25 species was identified, of which 8 are considered non-in...