New bryozoan species described by our laboratory since 2005:

From Ketchikan, Alaska, USA

Cauloramphus multiavicularia.....Cauloramphus tortilis
Cauloramphus multiavicularia2 Cauloramphus tortilis

Celleporella nodasakae................Fenestrulina tongassorum
Celleporella nodasakae Fenestruloides tongassorum

Microporella ketchikanensis............Porella donoghueorum
Microporella ketchikanensis Porella donoghueorum1

Puellina caesia...................................Rhynchozoon glabrum
Puellina caesia Rhynchozoon glabrum


From Hawaii Island, USA

Alderina flaventa..........................Bryopesanser serratus
Alderina flaventa Bryopesanser serratus2

Calyptotheca kapaaensis............Corbullela extenuata
Calyptotheca kapaaensis corbullela

Cribellopora souleorum...............Favosipora adunca
Cribellopora souleorum Favosipora adunca

Junerossia copiosa.....................Puellina septemcryptica
Junerossia copiosa Puellina septemcryptica

Metacleidochasma verrucosa.....Disporella compta
Metacleidochasma verrucosa Disporella compta


From Akkeshi Bay, Japan

Callopora sarae.............................Cauloramphus cryptoarmatus
Callopora sarae1 Cauloramphus cryptoarmatus1

Cauloramphus multispinosus......Cauloramphus niger
Cauloramphus multispinosus Cauloramphus niger1

Conopeum nakanosum...............Celleporina minima
Conopeum nakanosum1 Celleporina minima

Electra asiatica.............................Stomachetosella decorata
Electra asiatica Stomachetosella decorata1

Microporella luellae
Microporella luellae


From the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Monoporella aleutica...................Monoporella ellefsoni
Monopoella aleutica Monoporella ellefsoni

Monoporella elongata
Monoporella elongata


Monoporella flexibila (base)...Monoporella flexibila (erect)
Monoporella flexibila1 Monoporella flexibila2


Monoporella gigantea.................Monoporella seastormi
Monoporella gigantea Monoporella seastormi


Cauloramphus gracilis................Cauloramphus ordinarius
C gracilis C ordinarius


C. amphidisjunctus.....................C. cheliferoides
C amphidisjunctus C cheliferoides


Cauloramphus infensus.............Cauloramphus parvus
C infensus C parvus


Cauloramphus peltatus...............Cauloramphus ascofer
C peltatus C ascofer



From the Commander Islands

Cauloramphus oshurkovi
C oshurkovi



Relevant publications

Dick MH, Grischenko AV, Mawatari SF (2005) Intertidal Bryozoa (Cheilostomata) of Ketchikan, Alaska. Journal of Natural History 39(43): 3687–3784.

Dick MH, Tilbrook KJ, Mawatari SF (2006) Diversity and taxonomy of rocky-intertidal Bryozoa on the Island of Hawaii, USA. Journal of Natural History 40(38–40): 2197–2257.

Grischenko AV, Dick MH, Mawatari SF (2007) Diversity and taxonomy of intertidal Bryozoa (Cheilostomata) at Akkeshi Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Natural History 41(17-20): 1047–1161.

Dick MH (2008) Unexpectedly high diversity of Monoporella (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska: taxonomy and distribution of six new species. Zoological Science 25(1): 36–52.

Dick MH, Mawatari SF, Sanner J, Grischenko AV (2010) Cribrimorph and other Cauloramphus species (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from the northwestern Pacific. Zoological Science: in press.