TABLE 5 in Morphological and taxonomic diversity of the bryozoan genus Chaperia (Cheilostomata: Chaperiidae) in the Aotearoa New Zealand EEZ and on the southern Norfolk Ridge

TABLE 5. Comparison of some major characters of described extant non-New Zealand species of Chaperia. Some metrics are not given in the original descriptions (e.g. Lamouroux, 1825), whereas some other metrics (e.g. OpL:ZL ratio, % of opesia bordered by spines) were able to be determined from the original illustrations 1 if the information was not originally provided in the text. SpeciesZooid length (µm, mean)Opesia length (µm, mean)Opesia width (µm, mean)OpL:ZL ratio (mean)Total no. of opesial spinesPrincipal number of spines% of opesial length bordered by spines (spine bases)Mean % of opesial length bordered by spinesOther featuresacanthina (Lamouroux, 1825) 1???0.348-10943-9178on shellalbispina (MacGillivray, 1882) 26241971970.327-10980-11698spines to 73 µm diameteratypica Boonzaaier-Davids et al., 202335101701900.336-8770-11686aviculariabrasiliensis Vieira et al., 202034242362650.567-11919-2422erodedcapensis (Busk, 1884) 36843323950.580-220-159encrusting on erect branchesciliata (MacGillivray, 1869) 1???0.315-9?82-9990on algaeinfundibulata d’Hondt, 198823003002000.6710-11?12-2317infundibuliform spinesJudex (Kirkpatrick, 1888) 35451852130.3914-1715122-100112~14 spines in ancestrulapolygonia Kluge, 191425743193210.564-8612-4823nodular ooeciumseptispina Florence et al., 200734272563190.745-7631-6850broad opesiasetigera (Hincks, 1881) 1???0.356-8759-6160elongate cryptocysttaylori Ramalho & Calliari, 201535673172770.495-6623-1419— 1 Based on original description and drawings (drawing accuracy contingent upon author’s use of a camera lucida, patented 1806). 2 Based on unpublished SEM images supplied to D.P. Gordon. 3 Based on published data and/or images.