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Polytrema cylindricum Carter, 1880
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 665, Figs. 1-5: Holocene. 1, 5, Indian Ocean; 2, 3, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1961 Sahul Shelf Cruise Il, Stranger, dredge sample V-283, Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea, at 72 m; 4, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1960 Sahul Shelf Cruise I, Malita, Core V-89, at 111 m. 1, Tip of branch, enlarged; 2, smface enlarged to show coarse pores, imperforate pustules, and irregular boundaries of crystal bundles, SEM, x 200; 3, side view of part of branch of same specimen, SEM, x 30; 4, side view of group of individuals, also encrusted by a narrow tubular attached foraminifer, 8.7; 5, exteriorof branching specimen, x 2 (1, 5, from Hickson, 1911; 2-4 new figures in Loeblich and Tappan (1987)).
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added on 2023-06-16125 viewsForaminifera taxa Polytrema cylindricum Carter, 1880 accepted as Sporadotrema cylindricum (Carter, 1880) em. Hickson, 1911 †checked Le Coze, François 2023-06-16
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