01974nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245013300055210006900188260001200257300001000269490000900279520122900288653001101517653001401528653001901542653001801561653001301579653001601592100002401608700002301632700002401655856005301679       2007                        eng d  a1175-532600aFirst record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp (Bryozoa)0 aFirst record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlant  c09/2007  a49-580 v15823 aThe genus Vasignyella Gordon, 1989 is recorded for the first time from the Atlantic Ocean, in the littoral zone of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. It is only the second species attributed to the genus, the type species of which has never been seen in a reproductive state, and which has a colony form of uniserial chains of unizooidal internodes. The new species from Brazil, herein described as V. ovicellata, has a similar colony form in the infertile state, but has ovicells in multizooidal internodes. This character allows a reconsideration of the phylogenetic relationships of Vasignyella, which was previously the sole included genus in the catenicellid bryozoan subfamily Vasignyellinae. The nearest generic relative of Vasignyella was, however, considered to be the extinct genus Ditaxiporina Stach, 1935 ( subfamily Ditaxiporinae), with near-identical autozooidal morphology, but with most internodes multizooidal and also having ovicells when reproductive. The discovery of ovicells in Vasignyella allows the subfamily Vasignyellinae to be discarded and the genus transferred to the Ditaxiporinae, a subfamily with an Atlanto-American record previously known to range from the Late Paleocene to the Early Oligocene.10aBrazil10abryozoans10aCatenicellidae10aDitaxiporinae10aovicells10aVasignyella1 aVieira, Leandro, M.1 aGordon, Dennis, P.1 aCorreia, Monica, D.  uhttp://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01582p058f.pdf