Bryozoans of Banyoles lake

Data for bryozoan species from Banyoles lake (NE Spain) are presented. Three species have been recorded: Fredericella sultana, Lophopus crystallinus and Plurnatella repens, the first two for the first time in the Iberian peninsula. An examination of the F. sultana colony and the statoblast observations of L. crystallinus and P. repens with the scanning electron rnicroswpe made possible the identification. Details of the floatoblast structure are given.

Epibiotic bryozoans on deep-water seleractinian corals from the Catalonia slope (western Mediterranean, Spain, France)

The bryozoan fauna growing on deep-water corals (Lophelia, Madrepora) from the upper-slope of Catalonia (Blanes and Banyuls-sur-mer: NW Mediterranean Sea) was studied. Among the 36 species recorded, a new species, Escharella acuta sp. nov., and a new subspecies, Escharina dutertrei protecta ssp. nov., are described; five other species have been rarely reported or were unknown from the Mediterranean Sea (Copidozoum exiguum, Amphiblestrum flemingii, Schizomavella neptuni, Smittina crystallina, Phylactellipora eximia) . This epibiotic bryozoan fauna differs clearly from shallow-water assemblages and comprises a greater proportion of boreo-atlantic species.