African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826

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Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826

Amphistegina radiata (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)

AphiaID

112080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112080)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Amphisteginidae Cushman, 1927

Original name

Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826

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Species Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1830
Species Amphistegina madagascariensis d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1903 accepted as Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1830 (Considered a nomen nudum by Larsen (1976). Subjective junior synonym of A. lessonii Opinion of Fornasini (1903) see note; Subjective junior synonym of A. lobifera Opinion of Prazeres et al. (2020))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 304 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112080 on 2026-07-28

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112080 on 2026-07-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2006-09-05 08:30:55Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-09-20 10:05:34Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-15 08:44:24Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2017-02-16 16:17:56Z

changed

Le Coze, François

2019-01-06 11:53:19Z

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Le Coze, François

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original description Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 304 [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]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors

ecology source Reiss, Z.; Hottinger, L. (1984). The Gulf of Aqaba. Ecological Studies. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69787-6 [details] Available for editors