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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.

August

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

July

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

April

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

March

Bibermair, J., Saadi, A. J., & Schwaha, T. (2026). Morphological character evolution and ancestral state reconstruction in phylactolaemate bryozoans. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 15106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-40223-0

2025

Gordon, D. P. (2025). Morphological and taxonomic diversity of the bryozoan genus Chaperia (Cheilostomata: Chaperiidae) in the Aotearoa New Zealand EEZ and on the southern Norfolk Ridge. Zootaxa, 5737(2), 151–202. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.2.1

Bogdanov, E. A., Yakovis, E. L., Artemieva, A. V., Kotenko, O. N., & Ostrovsky, A. N. (2025). Vestibular Glands in Cheilostome Bryozoans: Structure, Distribution and Probable Function. Paleontological Journal, 59(9), 1114–1129. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030125600799

Ma, J., Liow, L. H., & Taylor, P. D. (2025). Zooid size reduction in cyclostome bryozoans from the Late Triassic to the present-day. Palaeontology, 68(5), e70027. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70027

Pratt, C. J., Trott, T. J., Bernier, R. Y., Boerder, K., Goodwin, C., Barrell, J., Grégoire, B., Rawlings, T. A., Cronmiller, E., Ma, K. C. K., Sargent, P. S., McBride, M. C., DiBacco, C., Hiltz, C., & Kingsbury, S. (2025). The overlooked introduction of the encrusting bryozoan Juxtacribrilina mutabilis to eastern Canada. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 105, e98. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315425100362

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