REJUVENATION IN COLONIES OF SOME ANTARCTIC TUBULIPORIDS (BRYOZOA, STENOLAEMATA)

Authors
OSTROVSKY AN
Citation
An. Ostrovsky, REJUVENATION IN COLONIES OF SOME ANTARCTIC TUBULIPORIDS (BRYOZOA, STENOLAEMATA), Ophelia, 46(3), 1997, pp. 175-185
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Ophelia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00785326
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
175 - 185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0078-5326(1997)46:3<175:RICOSA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Six erect colonies with proximal rejuvenated portions belonging to Idm idronea fraudulenta Ostrovsky & Taylor, 1996, Exidmonea arcuata Ostrov sky Sc Taylor, 1996 and Entalophoroecia cf. rogickiana (Androsova, 196 8) are described in detail. This is the first report of rejuvenation i n colonies of Recent Tubuliporida. Conditions in which rejuvenation mi ght occur are discussed as well as some terminological problems concer ning this phenomenon.