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Bryozoan fauna of Green Island, Taiwan - First indications of biodiversity

As part of an initiative to inventory the poorly known Taiwan bryozoan fauna, this paper reports on results of two workshops that processed and identified collections from Green Island, southeast Taiwan. A total of 22 genera with 30 species were found, six of which are new for science. The new species, all in the order Cheilostomata, are Amastigia tricervicornis, Caberea sinensis, Catenicella marceli, Hemismittoidea taiwanensis, Parasmittina spiculata and Celleporina avicularidentata. In comparing the three major groups, cheilostomes predominate, only a few cyclostome taxa were recognized, and no ctenostomes were found. These completely new data from Green Island probably reflect the taxonomic richness of the bryozoan fauna in the tropical western Pacific biogeographic region, even though this region still remains relatively uninventoried.

Bryozoa; faunistic review; new species; Taiwan; tropical western Pacific

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