Foraminifera name details
Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858)
113562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113562)
unaccepted (Genus is masculine)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nonionina barleeana Williamson, 1858) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 32, pl. 3, figs. 68, 69 [details]
page(s): p. 32, pl. 3, figs. 68, 69 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113562 on 2026-08-27
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(of Nonionina barleeana Williamson, 1858) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 32, pl. 3, figs. 68, 69 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 32, pl. 3, figs. 68, 69 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Ecology Commonly infaunal but also recorded from the sediment surface (Linke and Lutze, 1993); tolerant of degraded organic matter and probably feeding off associated bacteria (Fontanier et al., 2002); tolerates dysoxia and suboxic pore water but has maximum abundance under oxic conditions near the sediment surface (Scho¨ nfeld, 1997); occurs in absence of oxygen and decreasing nitrate (Jorissen et al., 1998). [details]
