Family TERVIIDAE Canu & Bassler, 1920
Compiler and date details
July 2001 - Dr Philip Bock
Introduction
The family Terviidae was defined by Canu & Bassler (1920) for the genus Tervia Jullien, 1882.
Tervia jellyae was described by Harmer (1915) with a distribution from North Queensland, Torres Strait, and Molo Strait. The colony is erect with an encrusting base, composed of a few narrow branches, with short series of connate zooids opening on the frontal surface. Unlike the superficially similar genera Idmidronea and Mesonea, the gonozooids occur on the basal surface of the branch.
The genus Nevianipora has been assigned to the family Terviidae in some references (eg. Bassler 1953), but here is included in the Filisparsidae (Borg 1944; Hayward & Ryland 1995).
The first record of a fossil representative of the family is from the early Eocene of the eastern United States (Taylor 1993); no Australian fossils are recorded.
Diagnosis
Colony well calcified, erect, arising from an encrusting base. Branches narrow, with connate zooids opening frontally. The gonozooids occur on the basal surface of the branches.
General References
Borg, F. 1944. The stenolaematous Bryozoa. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903 3(5): 1-276
Canu, F., & Bassler, R.S. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. United States National Museum Bulletin 106: 1-879
Harmer, S.F. 1915. The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition. Part 1. Entoprocta, Ctenostomata and Cyclostomata. Siboga-Expéditie Report 28A: 1-180
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. 1995. Bryozoa from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 533-573
Jullien, J. 1882. Note sur une nouvelle division des Bryozoaires Cheilostomiens. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. Évolution et Zoologie 6: 271-285
Taylor, P.D. 1993. Bryozoa. pp. 465-489 in Benton, M.J. (ed.). The Fossil Record 2. London & New York : Chapman & Hall 845 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2014 | BRYOZOA Ehrenberg, 1831 | 25-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Robin Wilson (NMV) Elizabeth Greaves (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |