FIGURE 14. Setosella rossanae n in Revision of the genus Setosella (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) with description of new species from deep-waters and submarine caves of the Mediterranean Sea

FIGURE 14. Setosella rossanae n. sp. Paratypes: PMC. B25. 30.6.2018b, Granchi cave, Plemmirio MPA, SE Sicily, W Ionian Sea, sample GR1P. a. Colony with irregular outline, encrusting the uneven surface of a crevice. b. Young colony including four periancestrular autozooids. c. Autozooid and associated distolateral vibraculum. d. Ovicellate autozooid on the colony edge still lacking the associated vibraculum. e. Autozooid showing evidence of four subsequent intramural buddings, sealed by a calcified closure plate with a central circular opesia protected by a membrane. f. Close-up of a vibraculum. g. Opesia with the beaded shelf restricted to the central part of the distal rim. Scale bars: a = 500 μm; b = 200 μm, c, d = 100 μm; e–g = 50 μm.