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WoRMS taxon details
original description
Arnold, Z. M. (1982). Psammophaga simplora n. gen., n. sp., a polygenomic Californian saccamminid. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 12(1), 72-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.12.1.72
page(s): p. 76 [details]
additional source
Gooday, A. J.; Bowser, S. S.; Bernhard, J. M. (1996). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: A shallow-water site with deep-sea characteristics. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 37(2): 117-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6611(96)00007-9 [details] Available for editors  [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test small, 0.25 mm in length, pyriform to ovoid; wall of thick transparent flexible matrix with a thinner outer agglutinated covering.; aperture terminal, simple, at the pointed end of the test, or may be slightly produced on a neck, without peduncular sheath or entosolenian collar; granuloreticulose pseudopodia, cytoplasm containing large quantities of ingested mineral particles, gamont with single large polygenomic nucleus (up to 100 µm) that divides to produce abundant gametes, schizont unknown. Holocene, shallow water; USA: California, Monterey Bay. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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