WoRMS name details
Megathyra Ehrenberg, 1843
887488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:887488)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (In opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
Genus
Megathyra planularia Ehrenberg, 1843 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Megathyra dilatata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Megathyra ootheca Ehrenberg, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Megathyra planularia Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841: 291-445, 4 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29106994
page(s): p. 409 [details]
page(s): p. 409 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Megathyra Ehrenberg, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887488 on 2025-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841: 291-445, 4 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29106994
page(s): p. 409 [details]
page(s): p. 409 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors 
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