title: A new Fenestrulina (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) commensal with tube-dwelling anemones (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia) in the tropical southwestern Atlantic.
abstract: A new species of cheilostome bryozoan, Fenestrulina commensalis n. sp., was collected in December 2008 by scuba at 5-10 meters depth at Guaibura Beach, Guarapari, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. The specimen was found associated with tubes of the cerianthid Pachycerianthus sp., representing the first commensal association between a bryozoan and a tube-dwelling anemone. Fenestrulina commensalis n. sp. is the third species of the genus found in Brazilian waters; it is distinguished from other Atlantic species of Fenestrulina by its small angular orificial condyles, a single oral spine and basal anchoring rhizoids arising from abfrontal pore chambers. Morphological adaptations to encrust the tubes of cerianthids include anchoring rootlets and weakly contiguous zooids. These morphological features allow the colony the flexibility to grow around the tube and feed relatively undisturbed by silt and detritus, being raised well above the soft-sediment substratum in which the tube-anemone grows.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, SP 11600-000, Brazil.; Email: leandromanzoni@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Leandro M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio De Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia Aquática - LABIA, Av. Dom Antonio, 2100, Assis, SP, 19806-900, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Sergio N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Stampar
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D001938:Brazil; D002013:Bryozoa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis