Trematooecia osburni Marcus, 1955

Almeida, Ana C. S., Souza, Facelucia B. C., Menegola, Carla M. S., Sanner, Joann & Vieira, Leandro M., 2014, Taxonomic review of the family Colatooeciidae Winston, 2005 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata), with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 3868 (1), pp. 1-61 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3868.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5523145
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scientific name	Trematooecia osburni Marcus, 1955
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Trematooecia osburni Marcus, 1955 View in CoL

Trematooecia osburni Marcus, 1955: 311 View in CoL , figs 91–93. [Espírito Santo, Brazil]

Trematooecia osburni: Vieira et al. 2008: 29 View in CoL . [ Brazil; checklist]

Remarks. We have examined Canada-Balsam slide mounts deposited at MZUSP that are too poorly preserved for adequate redescription. Trematooecia osburni has encrusting colonies, only marginal frontal-shield pores, a transversely D-shaped primary orifice without condyles, a non-tubercular secondary orifice, elliptical frontal avicularia, spatulate interzooidal avicularia and no suboral avicularia ( Marcus 1955).

The species resembles T. aviculifera , T. protecta and T. ridleyi in having encrusting colonies, a subglobose ooecium and an ectooecium with a circular frontal membranous area, but differs in lacking peristomial tubercles and a suboral avicularium. Trematooecia osburni is known only from the type locality in Brazil. According to Marcus (1955) colonies are white and were found encrusting another bryozoan at 35 m depth.

Distribution. Atlantic: Brazil.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Bryozoa
Class	Gymnolaemata
Order	Cheilostomatida
Family	Colatooeciidae
Genus	Trematooecia