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19th Larwood Symposium in Oslo

The 19th Larwood Symposium in Oslo, held from June 1–3, 2026, was a real pleasure, featuring many familiar faces as well as new ones making their bryozoan debut. We thank the organizers, Mali Ramsfjell, Hans Arne Nakrem, and Lee Hsiang Liow, for hosting this wonderful meeting.Check out the meeting page for more details.

Ellis Medal Award

Congratulations to Abigail M. Smith and Patrick Wyse Jackson, who were awarded the Ellis Medal at this year's International Bryozoology Meeting in Japan in recognition of their outstanding and honourable service to the community.

Zabala, M., & Madurell, T. (2026). New and poorly described bryozoans from the Catalano-Balearic area (NW Mediterranean). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1093(1), 1–56. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1093.3324

Wood, T. S., Spencer-Jones, M., Cachazo, L. M., Murray-Hudson, F., & Okamura, B. (2026). New species and range extensions of freshwater bryozoans in southern Africa. Zootaxa, 5873(2), 255–280. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5873.2.2

Schwaha, T., & Decker, S. H. (2026). Why Some Bryozoans Poop Themselves: A Novel Defecation Method in Ctenostome Bryozoans. Journal of Morphology, 287(8), e70163. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70163

Smith, A. M., Jenkins, H. L., Taylor, P. D., & Waeschenbach, A. (2026). Unexpected high taxonomic diversity in the bryozoan family Horneridae (order Cyclostomatida), with morphomolecular recognition of new species and a new genus in the southern Zealandian region. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 207(3), zlag093. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag093

Baalsrud, H. T., Tørresen, O. K., Danneels, B., Ferrari, G., Tooming-Klunderud, A., Skage, M., Kollias, S., Arnyasi, M., Svensen, E., Kuklinski, P., Jakobsen, K. S., & Liow, L. H. (2026). Chromosomal Fusions Shaped the Genome of the Greater Hornwrack Bryozoan (Flustra Foliacea) (Linnaeus, 1758). Journal of Heredity, esag013. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esag013

Denisenko, N.V. (2026). Stasia orientalis (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida: Phidoloporidae), a new genus and species from the Sea of Okhotsk. Zoosystematica Rossica, 35(1), 179–185. https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2026.35.1.179

Iturra, D., López-Gappa, J., Pérez, L. M., Romero, F. E. O., & Martha, S. O. (2026). Revision of the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene Patagonian species of Cellaria (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) described by Ferdinand Canu. Zootaxa, 5792(3), 519–545. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5792.3.4

Nichols, S., Ruggeri, P., Pringle, H., Siriwardena, G., Hartikainen, H., & Okamura, B. (2026). Waterbirds and other drivers of endoparasite communities across a hierarchy of spatial scales. Freshwater Biology, 71(4), e70201.

See the Bryozoan Bibliography for more references