First Record of a Freshwater Bryozoan Species in Cuba: Plumatella Repens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phylactolaemata, Bryozoa)

Carballeira, Rafael; Romay, Cosme Damián; Ramos, Atocha

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First Record of a Freshwater Bryozoan Species in Cuba: Plumatella Repens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phylactolaemata, Bryozoa)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/25314

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2020-03-12

Authors

Carballeira, Rafael

Romay, Cosme Damián

Ramos, Atocha

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Carballeira R, Romay CD, Ramos A (2020) First record of a freshwater bryozoan species in Cuba: Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phylactolaemata, Bryozoa). ZooKeys 918: 151-160. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.918.38665

Abstract

[Abstract] The discovery of Plumatella repens floatoblasts in wetlands of the La Niña Bonita Reservoir and the Ciénaga de Zapata Swamp, Cuba, constitutes the first record of a freshwater bryozoan species on the island and extends the distribution range of the species in the insular Caribbean. Unlike the inland waters of the Lesser Antilles the greater availability of water and lower salinity are likely the main factors that determine the distribution of P. repens in the Greater Antilles.