APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Megerlia truncata (Linnaeus, 1767) - A kraussinid brachiopod (Brachiopoda images)
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Kraussinid brachiopod
Megerlia truncata
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Kraussinid brachiopod
Megerlia truncata
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Kraussinid brachiopod
Megerlia truncata
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Kraussinid brachiopod
Megerlia truncata
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Shell size: Up to an approximate maximum of 20 mm in length, adults wider than long.
Depth range: 82-192 m.
Distribution: Western Approaches on the coral Dendrophyllia cornigera. Elsewhere, the Bay of Biscay, around Teneriffe, the Aegian and Mediterranean.

Ref. and more info. in:
British Brachiopods (Synopses of the British fauna No. 17) by Howard, C.; Brunton, C. and Curry, G.B..

Photographs of species above are by Jo Ann Sanner, and are part of the Department of Paleobiology Collections at the Smithsonium National Museum of Natural History. Images are Creative Commons CC0 “No Rights Reserved” and are used here to display brachiopods that may be found off the coast of Great Britain and Ireland, and to increase the number of species displays of the phylum on APHOTOMARINE for educational purposes. In time it is hoped more UK material will be obtained and photographed.

Type Citations: Logan, A. & Noble, J. P. 1983. Recent Brachiopods from Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist. 1: 33-42.
Collection Country: Malta
Sea/Gulf: Mediterranean Sea

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Megerlia truncata kraussinidae kraussinid brachiopod Lamp shell brachiopoda images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.