Scanning electron micrographs of <i>Bugula gnoma</i> n. sp.

<p><i>Bugula gnoma</i> n. sp., MZUSP 623, Paratype, Alagoas, Brazil, (A,B) colony with detail of bifurcation, (C) branch, (D) close-up of ovicelled zooid and avicularium.</p

Scanning electron micrographs of <i>Bugula guara</i> n. sp.

<p><i>Bugula guara</i> n. sp., MZUSP 591, Holotype, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (A) colony, (B) close-up of branches with ovicelled zooids, (C) bifurcation, (D) close-up of ovicelled zooids, (E) close-up of zooid, showing three oral spines and marginal avicularium, (F) close-up of avicularium.</p

Valid species of <i>Bugula</i> recorded in Brazil.

<p>Valid species of <i>Bugula</i> recorded in Brazil.</p

Scanning electron micrographs of <i>Bugula bowiei</i> n. sp. from Brazil and <i>Bugula turrita</i> from USA.

<p>A–D, <i>Bugula bowiei</i> n. sp., MZUSP 571, Holotype, Paraná, Brazil, (A) branches, (B) bifurcation, (C) close-up of ovicelled zooids, (D) close-up of avicularia and oral spines. E–F, <i>Bugula turrita</i> Oken, MZUSP 638, Woods Hole, USA, (E) branches, (F) close-up of avicularium.</p

Light microscope images of <i>Bugula foliolata</i> n. sp. and <i>Bugula guara</i> n. sp.

<p>A–B, <i>Bugula foliolata</i> n. sp., MZUSP 570, Holotype, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. C–F, <i>Bugula guara</i> n. sp., MZUSP 591, Holotype, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, showing the fixation process in alcohol 92.2%, (C) after 10 seconds, (D) after 30 seconds, (E) after 60 seconds and (F) after 90 seconds.</p

Scanning electron micrographs of <i>Bugula rochae</i> n. sp. and <i>Bugula ingens</i> n. sp.

<p>A– A,C,E, <i>Bugula rochae</i> n. sp., MZUSP 631, Paratype, Paraná, Brazil, (A) branches, (C) bifurcation, (E) close-up of avicularium. B,D,F, <i>Bugula ingens</i> n. sp., MZUSP 627, Paratype, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (B) branches, (D) bifurcation, (F) close-up of avicularium.</p

Scanning electron micrographs of <i>Bugula foliolata</i> n. sp. from Brazil and <i>Bugula fulva</i> from UK.

<p>A–D, <i>Bugula foliolata</i> n. sp., MZUSP 570, Holotype, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (A) multiserial branch, (B) close-up of avicularia in marginal and internal zooids, (C) ovicelled zooid, (D) distal end of the branch, showing the zooids with six oral spines. E–F, <i>Bugula fulva</i> Ryland, MZUSP 640, UK, (E) axis of the branch, (F) close-up of avicularium.</p

Scanning electron micrographs of <i>Bugula alba</i> n. sp. and <i>Bugula migottoi</i> n. sp.

<p>A,C,E, <i>Bugula alba</i> n. sp., MZUSP 600, Paratype, Alagoas, Brazil, (A) branches, (C) bifurcation, (E) close-up of avicularium. B,D,F, <i>Bugula migottoi</i> n. sp., MZUSP 602, Paratype, Paraná, Brazil, (B) branches, (D) bifurcation, (F) close-up of avicularium.</p

Measurements (mm; n = 15) of <i>Bugula uniserialis</i> “group” found in Brazilian coast.

<p>Measurements (mm; n = 15) of <i>Bugula uniserialis</i> “group” found in Brazilian coast.</p

Light microscope images of avicularia of Brazilian species of <i>Bugula uniserialis</i> group.

<p>Close-up of avicularia, (A) <i>Bugula biota</i> n. sp., MZUSP 618, Paratype, São Paulo, Brazil, (B) <i>Bugula ingens</i> n. sp., MZUSP 627, Paratype, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (C) <i>Bugula rochae</i> n. sp., MZUSP 631, Paratype, Paraná, Brazil, (D) <i>Bugula gnoma</i> n. sp., MZUSP 623, Paratype, Alagoas, Brazil.</p