WoRMS name details
Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890)
183262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183262)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Muehlfeldtia echinata Fischer & Oehlert, 1890 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pantellaria echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Muehlfeldtia echinata Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) Fischer, P.; Oehlert, D.-P. (1890). Diagnoses de nouveaux Brachiopodes. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie (series 2).</em> 38(1):70–74. [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183262 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muehlfeldtia echinata Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) Fischer, P.; Oehlert, D.-P. (1890). Diagnoses de nouveaux Brachiopodes. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie (series 2).</em> 38(1):70–74. [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
new combination reference Atkins, D. (1961). The Generic Position of the Brachiopod Megerlia Echinata (Fischer & Oehlert). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 41(01): 89-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400001545
note: Atkins (1961) moves the species to genus Megerlia. [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
new combination reference Atkins, D. (1961). The Generic Position of the Brachiopod Megerlia Echinata (Fischer & Oehlert). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 41(01): 89-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400001545
note: Atkins (1961) moves the species to genus Megerlia. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Laurin, B. (1997). Brachiopodes récoltés dans les eaux de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyauté, Matthew et Chesterfield. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176, 411-471. (look up in IMIS)
note: Describes specimens from around New Caledonia, and lists earlier synonymy. [details]
source of synonymy Bitner, M. A. (2007). Recent brachiopods from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Southcentral Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29:491–502. [details] Available for editors
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note: Describes specimens from around New Caledonia, and lists earlier synonymy. [details]
source of synonymy Bitner, M. A. (2007). Recent brachiopods from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Southcentral Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29:491–502. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Lists species as Pantellaria echinata. [details]
additional source Zezina, O. N. (1994). Recent Brachiopods from Underwater Rises of the Western Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii im. P. P. Shirshova, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 129: 44-52.
note: Records several specimens from Walters Bank (Shoal), Indian Ocean. [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Lists species as Pantellaria echinata. [details]
additional source Zezina, O. N. (1994). Recent Brachiopods from Underwater Rises of the Western Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii im. P. P. Shirshova, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 129: 44-52.
note: Records several specimens from Walters Bank (Shoal), Indian Ocean. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
