FIGURE 13. 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 13. Setosella rossanae n. sp. Holotype, PMC. B25. 30.6.2018a, Granchi cave Plemmirio MPA, SE Sicily, c. 20 m depth, sample GR1P. a. Unbleached colony with irregular outline and autozooids roughly arranged in a spiral. b. Close-up of autozooids in the bottom centre of (a). Note the development of the gymnocyst and the irregular elongation of the zooid on the left. c. Periancestrular area after colony bleaching. d. Autozooids and vibracula with evidence of multiple intramural buddings. Scale bars: a = 500 μm; b–d = 200 μm.