Research and Status of Taiwan Species Biodiversity Taichung 15-16 August 2008
Bryozoans range from the intertidal to the deep sea and can form significant components of rock-wall assemblages.
Mostly bryozoan hash Washed bryomol gravel Some bryozoans are habitat-formers —
like species of Celleporaria ... But what about Taiwan? Liu, Yin & Ma “Biology of Marine- Fouling Bryozoans in the Coastal Waters of China” Beijing 2001
Lists all fouling coastal bryozoans of western Taiwan Strait
Hard and soft shores along the Strait of Taiwan on the west coast Hard and soft shores along the Pacific east coast Celleporaria pilaefera Hippoporina indica Watersipora subtorquata Schizoporella errata Keelung
Total expected bryofauna >600 species
EEZ boundary
Green Island Collection of beach-cast coral rubble made in October 2005
Keelung City
Cryptofaunal bryozoans in coral environments
Within reefs: hidden encrusters cavity dwellers cavity fillers dead-coral veneerers Between reefs: sediment binders and trappers sediment stabilisers
Hence, bryozoans can contribute to reef build-up, especially those species that engage in self-overgrowth or which grow over other organisms. Such bryozoans tend to become a permanent part of the calcareous mass that comprises a reef, acting as accessory frame- builders.
Class Gymnolaemata
Order Cheilostomata
Order Ctenostomata Class Gymnolaemata Class Phylactolaemata
Order Cheilostomata Order Plumatellida
Order Ctenostomata Class Gymnolaemata Class Phylactolaemata
Order Cheilostomata Order Plumatellida
Class Stenolaemata
Order Ctenostomata Order Cyclostomata Class Gymnolaemata Class Stenolaemata
Order Cheilostomata
Order Ctenostomata Order Cyclostomata Suborder InovicellinaAETEIDAE Superfamily Aeteoidea Family Aeteidae
Aetea sp. membranous gymnocyst dddd frontaldddd wall d
Ï Gymnocystal development In anascan cheilostomes Ð Cryptocystal development
cryptocyst hypostegal coelom membranous gymnocyst dddd frontaldddd wall d
Ï Gymnocystal development in anascan cheilostomes Ð Cryptocystal development
cryptocyst hypostegal coelom ANTROPORIDAE
Antropora sp. Antropora minor (Hincks, 1880) Ascophorine frontal shields
Ð Spinocystal shield
Ð Gymnocystal shield
ayward & Ryland, 1995 Ryland, & ayward H egretta Puellina Ryland & Hayward, 1992 Hayward, & Ryland vulgaris Puellina
CRIBRILINIDAE CRIBRILINIDAE HIPPOTHOIDAE
Hippothoa calciophilia Gordon, 1984 TRYPOSTEGIDAE
Trypostega johnsoulei Tilbrook, 2006 Ascophorine frontal shields
Ð Umbonuloid shield
Ð Lepralioid shield ARACHNOPUSIIDAE
Poricella spathulata (Canu & Bassler, 1929) LEPRALIELLIDAE
Celleporaria sp. LEPRALIELLIDAE
Drepanophora gutta Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon 2006 ROMANCHEINIDAE
Escharoides longirostris Dumont, 1981 BITECTIPORIDAE
Metroperiella sp. SMITTINIDAE
Pleurocodonellina Pleurocodonellina soulesi signata (Waters, 1889) Scholz & Cusi, 1991 WATERSIPORIDAE
Watersipora edmondsoni Soule & Soule, 1968 SCHIZOPORELLIDAE
Hippomenella cf. lateralis (MacGillivray, 1891) ESCHARINIDAE
Pesanserina sp. GIGANTOPORIDAE
Cosciniopsis lonchaea (Busk, 1884) MICROPORELLIDAE
Calloporina sigillata Canu & Bassler, 1929 MICROPORELLIDAE
Microporella orientalis Harmer, 1957 CREPIDACANTHIDAE
Crepidacantha grandis Canu & Bassler, 1929 MICROPORELLIDAE
Fenestrulina sp. CELLEPORIDAE
Predanophora n. sp. PHIDOLOPORIDAE
Lifuella porelliformis Lifuella lepralielloidum (Kirkpatrick, 1888) Liu in Liu, Yin & Ma, 2001 PHIDOLOPORIDAE
Schedocleidochasma porcellaniforme Soule, Soule & Chaney, 1991 PHIDOLOPORIDAE
Rhynchozoon sp. ANNECTOCYMIDAE
Annectocyma sp. LICHENOPORIDAE
Disporella sp. FINAL TALLY OF TAIWANESE BRYOZOA?
Green Island : 31 species Present study : 44 species Combined list, corrected for overlap) : 72 species
Estimate for Taiwanese EEZ : >600 species