Foraminifera taxon details

Psammosphaera Schulze, 1875

112369  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112369)

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Genus
Psammosphaera fusca Schulze, 1875 (type by original designation)
Arenosphaera Shchedrina, 1939 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)  
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Arpsammosphaerum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Psammella Rhumbler, 1935 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)  
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)

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  1. Species Psammosphaera alba Hada, 1957
  2. Species Psammosphaera angularis Ireland, 1939 †
  3. Species Psammosphaera arcuata Dunn, 1942 †
  4. Species Psammosphaera aspera Summerson, 1958 †
  5. Species Psammosphaera asperata Fowler & Braun, 1993 †
  6. Species Psammosphaera berthelini Colom, 1982 †
  7. Species Psammosphaera bulla Voronov, 1957 †
  8. Species Psammosphaera carnata (Startseva, 1962) †
  9. Species Psammosphaera cava Moreman, 1930 †
  10. Species Psammosphaera compressa Dunn, 1950 †
  11. Species Psammosphaera conjunctiva Dunn, 1942 †
  12. Species Psammosphaera delicatula Stewart & Lampe, 1947 †
  13. Species Psammosphaera devonica Stewart & Lampe, 1947 †
  14. Species Psammosphaera discoidea Stewart & Lampe, 1947 †
  15. Species Psammosphaera elliptica Serova, 2001 †
  16. Species Psammosphaera elongata Summerson, 1958 †
  17. Species Psammosphaera eocenica Cushman & Stainforth, 1951 †
  18. Species Psammosphaera excerpta Dunn, 1942 †
  19. Species Psammosphaera flinti Hofker, 1972 †
  20. Species Psammosphaera frankei (Rhumbler, 1935)
  21. Species Psammosphaera fusca Schulze, 1875
  22. Species Psammosphaera galapagosensis McCulloch, 1977
  23. Species Psammosphaera garraay Bell & Winchester-Seeto, 1999 †
  24. Species Psammosphaera gaultina Colom, 1982 †
  25. Species Psammosphaera gigantea Dunn, 1942 †
  26. Species Psammosphaera gracilis Ireland, 1939 †
  27. Species Psammosphaera greenlandensis Howell & Dunn, 1942 †
  28. Species Psammosphaera hockingi Haig & Mory, 2016 †
  29. Species Psammosphaera irregularis (Grzybowski, 1896) †
  30. Species Psammosphaera irregularis Folin, 1888
  31. Species Psammosphaera janeae Hamlin, 1963 †
  32. Species Psammosphaera laevigata White, 1928 †
  33. Species Psammosphaera longsightensis Quilty, 1984 †
  34. Species Psammosphaera micrograna Eisenack, 1932 †
  35. Species Psammosphaera minuta Dunn, 1942 †
  36. Species Psammosphaera nux Eisenack, 1967 †
  37. Species Psammosphaera orbiculata Saidova, 1975
  38. Species Psammosphaera parva Flint, 1899
  39. Species Psammosphaera perforata (Shchedrina, 1939)
  40. Species Psammosphaera pontei Brönnimann, 1980 †
  41. Species Psammosphaera rotunda Stewart & Lampe, 1947 †
  42. Species Psammosphaera rugosa Eisenack, 1954 †
  43. Species Psammosphaera scalena Haman, 1983
  44. Species Psammosphaera scita Saidova, 1975
  45. Species Psammosphaera squalida Dain, 1972 †
  46. Species Psammosphaera subsphaerica Stewart & Priddy, 1941 †
  47. Species Psammosphaera testacea Flint, 1899
  48. Species Psammosphaera testudinaria Rhumbler, 1931
  49. Species Psammosphaera bowmani Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912 accepted as Psammosphaera bowmanni Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912 accepted as Capsammina bowmanni (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912) (Subsequent incorrect spelling)
  50. Species Psammosphaera bowmanni Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912 accepted as Capsammina bowmanni (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912) (type species of Capsammina)
  51. Species Psammosphaera compacta Maslun, 1987 † accepted as Psammosphaera irregularis (Grzybowski, 1896) † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm))
  52. Species Psammosphaera exigua (Rhumbler, 1935) accepted as Pilalla exigua Rhumbler, 1935 (Type species of Pilalla)
  53. Species Psammosphaera hadai Saidova, 1975 accepted as Saccammina hadai (Saidova, 1975) (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994))
  54. Species Psammosphaera irregularis Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Psammosphaera scalena Haman, 1983 (Primary junior homonym of P. irregularis Folin, 1888)
  55. Species Psammosphaera longicollis (Wiesner, 1931) accepted as Reophax longicollis (Wiesner, 1931)
  56. Species Psammosphaera metensis (Terquem, 1862) † accepted as Annulina metensis Terquem, 1862 † (Annulina metensis Terquem, 1862 is the type species of Annulina, which has priority over Psammosphaera)
  57. Species Psammosphaera parva Crespin, 1963 † accepted as Psammosphaera longsightensis Quilty, 1984 † (Junior homonym of Psammosphaera parva Flint, 1899)
  58. Species Psammosphaera pusilla Parr, 1942 † accepted as Thuramminoides pusilla (Parr, 1942) † accepted as Thuramminoides pusillus (Parr, 1942) † (Opinion of Haig (2017))
  59. Species Psammosphaera rustica Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912 accepted as Aggerostramen rustica (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1912)
  60. Species Psammosphaera subsphaerica Dunn, 1942 † accepted as Psammosphaera compressa Dunn, 1950 † (New name in Thalmann (1950))
  61. Species Psammosphaera neminghensis Chapman, 1918 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Wood (1957) [Oolite grain])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schulze, RE., 1875, Zoologische Ergebnisse der Nord-seefahrt, vom 21 Juli bis 9 September, 1872. I, Rhizopoden. II, Jahresberichte Kommission zur Untersuchung der Deutschen Meer in Kiel für die Jahr 1872, 1873, pp. 99-114. , available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-ALLGEMEIN_0299_0001-0447.pdf
page(s): p. 113 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Psammosphaera Schulze, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112369 on 2024-04-20
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
2011-02-05 21:36:53Z
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2013-08-14 08:09:00Z
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2014-01-03 08:52:13Z
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2019-11-29 15:23:48Z
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original description Schulze, RE., 1875, Zoologische Ergebnisse der Nord-seefahrt, vom 21 Juli bis 9 September, 1872. I, Rhizopoden. II, Jahresberichte Kommission zur Untersuchung der Deutschen Meer in Kiel für die Jahr 1872, 1873, pp. 99-114. , available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-ALLGEMEIN_0299_0001-0447.pdf
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original description  (of Psammella Rhumbler, 1935) Rhumbler, L. (1935). Rhizopoden der Kieler Bucht, gesammelt durch A. Remane, I. Teil. <em>Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein.</em> 21(2): 143-194., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Schr-Naturwiss-Ver-Schleswig-Holstein_21_0143-0194.pdf
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original description  (of Arpsammosphaerum 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]   

original description  (of Arenosphaera Shchedrina, 1939) Shchedrina, Z. G. (1939). Новый род песчанистых фораминифер из арктических морей - A new genus of agglutinated foraminifera from the Arctic seas. <em>ДАН СССР - Reports of the Academy of Sciences USSR.</em> 24(1): 94-96.
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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <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. 60-75 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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  PDF available [request] 
 
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Diagnosis Test free, large, up to 6 mm across, consisting of one to several loosely joined spherical chambers; wall agglutinated, of a single layer of coarse sand grains, no inner organic layer present; the loosely agglutinated sand grains separated by large pores that serve as apertures. M. Ordovician to Holocene; cosmopolitan; Arctic Ocean: Kara Sea, Greenland Sea, from 670 m to 700 m.; N. Atlantic, from 90 m to 5,500 m, S. Atlantic, at 300 m to 5,600 m; Antarctic, at 3,350 m; N. Pacific, from 370 m to 3,864 m., and S. Pacific, from 4,670 m to 4,750 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]