Foraminifera taxon details
Masonella Brady, 1889
520850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520850)
accepted
Genus
Masonella planulata Brady, 1889 (type by subsequent designation)
Armasonellum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Masonella patelliformis Brady, 1889
- Species Masonella planulata Brady, 1889
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brady, H. B. (1889). Natural-history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding. - No. 9. On a new type of Astrorhizidae from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3 (16): 293-296.
page(s): p. 295 [details]
page(s): p. 295 [details]
Diagnosis Test discoidal, compressed, up to 10 mm in diameter; central cavity reflected externally by a swollen area and leads into...
Diagnosis Test discoidal, compressed, up to 10 mm in diameter; central cavity reflected externally by a swollen area and leads into fine radiating tubules that may bifurcate near the periphery; wall of light colored quartz sand and sponge spicules, agglutinated in little cement; aperture at the open ends of the radial tubules. Holocene, at 500 m to 530 m; Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Masonella Brady, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520850 on 2025-03-31
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Brady, H. B. (1889). Natural-history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding. - No. 9. On a new type of Astrorhizidae from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3 (16): 293-296.
page(s): p. 295 [details]
original description (of Armasonellum 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. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
page(s): p. 295 [details]
original description (of Armasonellum 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. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test discoidal, compressed, up to 10 mm in diameter; central cavity reflected externally by a swollen area and leads into fine radiating tubules that may bifurcate near the periphery; wall of light colored quartz sand and sponge spicules, agglutinated in little cement; aperture at the open ends of the radial tubules. Holocene, at 500 m to 530 m; Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
