WoRMS taxon details
Hastigerina pelagica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
113477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113477)
accepted
Species
Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted (Opinion of Cushman (1939))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366 [details] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Hastigerina pelagica (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113477 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366 [details]
original description (of Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876) Murray, J. (1876). Preliminary reports to Professor Wyville Thomson, F. R. S., director of the civilian scientific staff, on work done on board the 'Challenger'. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 24(164-170): 471-544., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42632699 [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]
new combination reference Cushman, J. A. (1939). A monograph of the foraminiferal Family Nonionidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Papers.</em> 191: 1-123., available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0191/report.pdf [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876) Murray, J. (1876). Preliminary reports to Professor Wyville Thomson, F. R. S., director of the civilian scientific staff, on work done on board the 'Challenger'. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 24(164-170): 471-544., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42632699 [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]
new combination reference Cushman, J. A. (1939). A monograph of the foraminiferal Family Nonionidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Papers.</em> 191: 1-123., available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0191/report.pdf [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bé, A. W. H. (1960). Ecology of recent planktonic foraminifera: Part 2 - Bathymetric and seasonal distributions in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. Micropaleontology, 6(4): 373-392, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484218 [details]
additional source Kameswara Rao, K.; K. Vjayalakshmy, K.; Panikkar, B.M. (1988). Distribution of Living Planktonic Foraminifera in the Coastal Upwelling Region of Kenya, Africa. <em>Indian Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 17(2): 121-127., available online at https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/38500 [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]
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]
context source (Bermuda) Bé, A. W. H. (1960). Ecology of recent planktonic foraminifera: Part 2 - Bathymetric and seasonal distributions in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. Micropaleontology, 6(4): 373-392, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484218 [details]
additional source Kameswara Rao, K.; K. Vjayalakshmy, K.; Panikkar, B.M. (1988). Distribution of Living Planktonic Foraminifera in the Coastal Upwelling Region of Kenya, Africa. <em>Indian Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 17(2): 121-127., available online at https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/38500 [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]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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hastigerina pelagica)
To GenBank (168 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Mikrotax (Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, in Murray 1876) (from synonym Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876)
To Mikrotax (Hastigerina pelagica (d'Orbigny, 1839))
To Mikrotax (Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny 1839) (from synonym Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hastigerina pelagica)
To GenBank (168 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Mikrotax (Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, in Murray 1876) (from synonym Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876)
To Mikrotax (Hastigerina pelagica (d'Orbigny, 1839))
To Mikrotax (Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny 1839) (from synonym Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839)
To PESI
To ITIS
