MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sorosphaera Brady, 1879

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Sorosphaera Brady, 1879

Sorosphaera confusa

AphiaID

112375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112375)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Sorosphaera confusa Brady, 1879 (type by original designation)

Parent

Psammosphaerinae Haeckel, 1894

Original name

Sorosphaera Brady, 1879

Synonymised names

Arsorosphaerum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)

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Species Sorosphaera confusa Brady, 1879
Species Sorosphaera depressa Heron-Allen & Earland, 1929
Species Sorosphaera consociata (Rhumbler, 1931) accepted as Psammophax consociata Rhumbler, 1931
Species Sorosphaera perforata (Shchedrina, 1939) accepted as Psammosphaera perforata (Shchedrina, 1939)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Brady, H. B. (1879). Notes on some of the reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition; Part I. On new or little known arenaceous types. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Sciences. 19: 20-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14704208
page(s): p. 28 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Sorosphaera Brady, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112375 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2010-09-20 10:05:34Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2013-08-15 07:14:25Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-01-03 08:52:13Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2019-11-21 12:14:05Z

changed

Le Coze, François

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original description Brady, H. B. (1879). Notes on some of the reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition; Part I. On new or little known arenaceous types. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Sciences. 19: 20-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14704208
page(s): p. 28 [details]

original description (of Arsorosphaerum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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Diagnosis Test free, a series of subglobular chambers without definite arrangement; wall agglutinated, of loosely cemented coarse particles; no distinct aperture, but interstitial pores probably allow communication with the exterior. Silurian to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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