WoRMS taxon details
Megatrematinae Holthuis, 1982
106075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106075)
accepted
Subfamily
Megatrema Sowerby, 1823 (type by original designation)
Bosciinae Newman & Ross, 1976 · unaccepted (Boscia de Ferussac 1822 is junior...)
Boscia de Ferussac 1822 is junior homonym to Boscia Schweigger, 1819. Holthuis (1982) concluded Megatrema Sowerby 1823 is the replacement name for Boscia de Ferussac 1822. Holthuis (1982) conclude it is necessary to replace Bosciinae by Megatrematinae.
Megatrematini Holthuis, 1982 · unaccepted
Pyrgominini Ross & Pitombo, 2002 · unaccepted
- Genus Adna Sowerby, 1823
- Genus Megatrema Sowerby, 1823
- Genus Memagreta Ross & Pitombo, 2002
- Genus Pyrgomina Baluk & Radwanski, 1967
- Genus Boscia Férussac, 1822 accepted as Megatrema Sowerby, 1823 (preoccupied by Boscia Schweigger, see Holthuis 1982)
- Tribe Megatrematini Holthuis, 1982 accepted as Megatrematinae Holthuis, 1982
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Megatrematinae Holthuis, 1982. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106075 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyrgominini Ross & Pitombo, 2002) Ross, A.; Pitombo, F. B. (2002). Notes on the coral-inhabiting Megatrematinae and the description of a new tribe, new genus and three new species(Cirripedia: Sessilia: Pyrgomatidae). <em>Sessile Organisms.</em> 19(2): 57-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.4282/sosj.19.57 [details]
basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details] 
