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A new species of the genus Electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea
Nikulina, E.A.; Ostrovsky, A.N.; Claereboudt, M. (2013). A new species of the genus Electra (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Southern Oman, Arabian Sea, in: Ernst, A. et al. Bryozoan Studies 2010. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, 143: pp. 203-216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_14
In: Ernst, A.; Schäfer, P.; Scholz, J. (Ed.) (2013). Bryozoan Studies 2010. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, 143. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-642-16410-1. viii, 463 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8, more
In: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 2193-8571; e-ISSN 2193-858X, more
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    Molecular systematics
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  • Nikulina, E.A.
  • Ostrovsky, A.N.
  • Claereboudt, M.
Abstract
    A new cheilostome bryozoan Electra omanensis n. sp. is described in Southern Oman (Dhofar Region, Arabian Sea) and is also the first description of any bryozoan from this area. The new species morphologically most resembles Electra indica (Menon and Nair (Mar Biol Ass India 17:553–579, 1975), but differs in (1) colony shape – colonies consist of long narrow branching strips, and (2) in the shape of the gymnocystal spines. The combination of these features is sufficiently distinctive and allows discriminating the new species from all other known species in this genus. Genetic analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal genes also support separate species status for this species of Electra.
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