taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B481599A6BB139FF49FDD557F8FB00.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colony erect, jointed, comprising sterile internodes that are mostly multizooidal and biserial, rarely unizooidal in part or all of the colony; fertile internodes always multizooidal and biserial. Frontal shield varied; multi-costate, or mostly with vestigial suboral costae so that there is an extensive gymnocyst, typically foraminate; or the gymnocyst reduced owing to expansion of pore-chambers frontally so that most of the shield is effectively cryptocystal. Ovicells likewise variable, ectooecium well-developed, smooth, with a suture or foramina, or ectooecium reduced, exposing extensive granular endooecium. Dorsal surface of zooids smooth or with pore-chambers variably developed. Avicularia typically lateral-oral and mostly with complete cross-bar.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6BB139FF49FDD557F8FB00.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Stach (1933, 1934, 1935) subdivided the Catenicellidae into several subfamilies, basing them primarily on the position of the ovicell within the segment. He named five subfamilies — Vittaticellinae Stach, 1933, Scuticellinae Stach, 1934, Catenicellinae Stach, 1935, Cornuticellinae Stach, 1935, and Ditaxiporinae Stach, 1935. Additionally, Cheetham (1963) introduced a new family-rank taxon, Ditaxiporinidae. Gordon & Braga (1994) commented on these arrangements, synonymising some. They regarded biseriality (i. e., multizooidal) as having more fundamental significance within the family than the position of the ovicell (or the morphology of the frontal shield), which they interpret as having differentiated within different lineages later. For these reasons they subsumed the Ditaxiporinidae into the Ditaxiporinae.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6BB139FF49FAF052BDF843.taxon	materials_examined	Type species. Catenaria otophora Kirkpatrick, 1890, by original designation.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6BB139FF49FAF052BDF843.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Amended). Colony erect, comprising branching uniserial chains of unizooidal internodes or with infrequent biserial multizooidal internodes with some zooids ovicellate. Zooids elongate, claviform in uniserial internodes or if located proximally in a multizooidal internode. Frontal shield a gymnocyst with numerous foramina and vestigial costal elements forming the proximal rim of the orifice. Small mural pore-chambers present. Orifice broadly sinusoid; no oral spines. Paired lateral-oral avicularia. Ovicells prominent, ectooecium perforated.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6BB139FF49FAF052BDF843.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Only two species are known so far — the type species and the new species reported here. They occur frequently in associations with other bryozoans. Vasignyella otophora occurs from the low intertidal to 49 m depth in the Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean, China Sea, Philippines, New Guinea, Rotuma (Harmer 1957), Red Sea (Dumont 1981), Samoa (Gordon 1989), Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef (Ryland & Hayward 1992), and Erakor Island, Vanuatu (Tilbrook et al. 2001). A Miocene fossil from Indonesia has also been attributed to this species (Lagaaij 1968).	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6AB13CFF49FF55503EFE26.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype. MZUSP 17286; shallow water, Sandstone Banks of Francês, Marechal Deodoro (South of Maceió), Alagoas State, Brazil, 9 ° 46 ' 33 " S, 35 ° 50 ' 06 " W; a colony with two ovicelled multizooidal internodes, collected 1 December 2005 by M. D. Correia on Scrupocellaria sp. Paratypes. MZUSP 17287; same locality as holotype; infertile colony, collected 1 December 2005 by M. D. Correia on Amathia vidovici. NHM 2007.2.20.1; same locality as holotype; infertile colony, collected 1 December 2005 by M. D. Correia on Amathia vidovici. NHM 2007.2.20.2; same locality as holotype; infertile colony, collected 30 March 2006 by M. D. Correia on Scrupocellaria sp. LV 0005; same locality as holotype; infertile colony, collected 3 October 2005 by W. F. A. Barbosa on an ascidian. LV 0052; shallow water, Coral Reefs of Pajuçara, Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil, 9 ° 41 ' 18 " S, 35 ° 42 ' 10 " W; infertile colony with a multizooidal internode, collected 20 September 2006 by M. D. Correia on rock. MZUSP 17374; shallow water, Coral Reefs of Pajuçara, Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil, 9 ° 41 ' 18 " S, 35 ° 42 ' 10 " W; colony with several ovicells and multizooidal internodes, collected 4 November 2006 by M. D. Correia on rock. UFAL / BRY 0044; shallow water, Sobral Sewer Outfall, Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil, 9 ° 40 ' 42 " S, 35 ° 45 ' 12 " W; infertile colony, collected 27 April 2006 by M. D. Correia on bryozoans. UFAL / BRY 0026; shallow water, Sobral Sewer Outfall, Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil, 9 ° 40 ' 42 " S, 35 ° 45 ' 12 " W; infertile colony, collected 24 October 2006 by M. D. Correia on bryozoans. UFAL / BRY 0017; shallow water, Coral Reefs of Piscina dos Amores, Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil, 9 ° 40 ' 48 " S, 35 ° 41 ' 54 " W; infertile colony, collected 3 November 2006 by M. D. Correia on rocks.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6AB13CFF49FF55503EFE26.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Alluding to the discovery of ovicells in the genus.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6AB13CFF49FF55503EFE26.taxon	description	Description. Colony erect, whitish-translucent, comprising branching uniserial chains of unizooidal internodes, with infrequent biserial multozooidal internodes. Autozooids claviform, bending forward, with projections (avicularia) at the distal corners. Frontal shield gymnocystal with conspicuous funnel-shaped foramina; in transparency, several tiny puncta with grooves occur on inner surface of frontal shield. Orifice with a large subcircular anter, the broad sinus (poster) rounded or a shallow V, delimited by condyles; proximal rim formed by vestigial costal spines separated by a median suture and subsutural foramen. No oral spines. Paired lateral-oral avicularia facing somewhat laterally, the rostrum acutely triangular, the opesia bordered by a flat shelf, no crossbar, but a pair of pivots. A row of 5 – 6 circular pore-chambers along each side of zooid, each with a uniporous septulum; the zooidal cauda with 3 – 4 similar pore-chambers along the frontal midline. A suboval pore-chamber occurs on each side between an avicularium and a suboral costa, with another moreelongated pore-chamber behind the rostrum of each avicularium. Kenozooids, as rootlets, sometimes present on dorsal surface of zooid. Ovicells in terminal multizooidal internodes only, prominent, hyperstomial, with several large irregular ectooecial foramina; the most proximal fertile zooid generates fertile or infertile zooids distally; distalmost zooids of multizooidal internode lacking ovicells.	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6AB13CFF49FF55503EFE26.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The zooids of Vasignyella ovicellata are proportionately a little broader and more ventricose than those of V. otophora (though there is some overlap in dimensions) and have many more gymnocystal foramina. The tiny pores that are seen in transparency in V. ovicellata were not reported in V. otophora but may have been overlooked. The most obvious distinction between the two species is the presence of ovicells, so found only in several internodes of any colony. Ovicell formation appears to occur only in the proximal zooids of a multizooidal internode, and not at all in zooids that generate branches. Fertile internodes were found during October through February (summer).	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
03B481599A6AB13CFF49FF55503EFE26.taxon	distribution	Distribution and substrata. Brazil: State of Alagoas, intertidal to 3 m depth on natural substrata (coral reefs and sandstone banks) and anthropogenic surfaces (sewer outfall). In these situations they can occur on the surfaces of associated organisms such as colonial ascidians and the bryozoans Scrupocellaria sp., Amathia vidovici (Heller, 1867), and Amathia distans Busk, 1886. Co-occurring bryozoans in these settings include Nolella stipata Gosse, 1855, Aetea spp., Beania cupulariensis Osburn, 1914, Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840, Synnotum aegyptiacum (Audouin, 1826), Savignyella lafontii (Audouin, 1826), Catenicella contei (Audouin, 1826), and Catenicella uberrima (Harmer, 1957).	en	Vieira, Leandro M., Gordon, Dennis P., Correia, Monica D. (2007): First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa). Zootaxa 1582 (1): 49-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1582.1.5
