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Marine Bryozoa of Greece: an annotated checklist
Gerovasileiou, V.; Rosso, A. (2016). Marine Bryozoa of Greece: an annotated checklist. Biodiversity Data Journal 4(e10672): 46 pp. doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10672
In: Biodiversity Data Journal. Pensoft Publishers: Sofia. ISSN 1314-2836; e-ISSN 1314-2828
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Biodiversity, Aegean Sea, Sea of Crete, Levantine Sea, Ionian Sea, Eastern Mediterranean

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  • Gerovasileiou, V., more
  • Rosso, A.

Abstract
    Until today, a complete checklist of Bryozoa of the Greek seas had never been published and species records were scattered in several taxonomic and ecological studies. The aim of this paper is to produce a first checklist of marine bryozoan species of Greece, in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS) initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI), by reviewing the existing literature and following the recent trends in the taxonomy of this group. New informationThe marine bryozoan fauna of Greece comprises 237 species, classified in 127 genera, 66 families, 3 orders, and 2 classes. The vast majority belongs to the class Gymnolaemata (177 Cheilostomatida and 21 Ctenostomatida), while the remaining 39 species are Stenolaemata (all Cyclostomatida). Among these species, 12 are considered endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, while another 12 species are non-indigenous.

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