RT Journal Article
T1 Watersiporidae (Bryozoa) in Iberian waters: an update on alien and native species
A1 Reverter Gil, Óscar
A1 Souto Derungs, Javier
K1 Non-indigenous species
K1 Watersipora
K1 New genus
K1 NE Atlantic
K1 Western Mediterranean
K1 Strait of Gibraltar
K1 Spain
K1 Portugal
AB Species of the genus Watersipora comprise an important invasive fouling group but are difficult to identify up to species level. This problem, in conjunction with the recent re-description of several member species, requires the revision of previous records and newly collected material in order to more precisely determine their actual presence and distribution. Here, we revise the identity and distribution of alien and native species of Watersiporidae in Iberian waters based on newly collected material, historical collections, and bibliographic data. Four species of Watersipora are now known from here. Watersipora cucullata is the only native species, present in the Spanish Mediterranean. Watersipora subatra seems to have been introduced relatively recently in Iberian and European Atlantic waters and has been expanding to other Atlantic localities. Watersipora arcuata was collected for the first time in Europe at the SW Spanish Atlantic coast in 1990 and recently in Mediterranean marinas. Watersipora souleorum is known in Iberian waters from two localities in the Gulf of Cadiz and in Gibraltar. With the recent redescription of the genus Watersipora, W. complanata is no longer a member. A new watersiporid genus, Terwasipora gen. nov., is described for this species. In Iberian waters, T. complanata comb. nov. is considered a native species, frequent and abundant in shallow waters along the Atlantic coast
PB Springer
SN 1867-1616
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21532
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21532
LA eng
NO Reverter-Gil, O., Souto, J. Watersiporidae (Bryozoa) in Iberian waters: an update on alien and native species. Mar. Biodivers. 49, 2735–2752 (2019)
NO The work of Javier Souto was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, project number AP28954-B29). Part of the samples was collected thanks to the support of the project ‘Fauna Ibérica: Briozoos II (Familia Cribrilinidae–Familia Watersiporidae)’ co-financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spanish government) and FEDER (project number CGL2010-22267-C07-02)
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026