Lophophorata :

BRACHIOPODA

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Megathiris d'Orbigny, 1847

 

Photo 1:
Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1790) with some specimens of Megerlia truncata in cave, 12 m depth (Madeira, Portugal). © Peter Wirtz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo 2:
Megathiris detruncata from a cave in 6 m depth from Cyrus, Cape Greco (Cyprus) with two other brachiopod species : Argyrotheca cuneata and Novocrania turbinata. © Peter Wirtz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo 3:
Megathiris detruncata on a steep rock face in northern Brittany - at xx m depth. © Yann Querrec
        More photos at 22-Plongée Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo 4-5:
A specimen of Megathiris detruncata on a rocky substrate in northern Brittany - at xx m depth. © Yann Querrec

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo 6:
Megathiris detruncata on a rocky substrate in northern Brittany - at xx m depth. © Yann Querrec

 

   


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