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Psamminidae Haeckel, 1889

AphiaID

22742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22742)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Xenophyophoroidea

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Subfamily Cerelasminae Tendal, 1972
1. Genus Cerelasma Haeckel, 1889
Subfamily Psammettinae Tendal, 1972
1. Genus Homogammina Gooday & Tendal, 1988
2. Genus Lobammina Kamenskaya, 2000
3. Genus Maudammina Tendal, 1972
4. Genus Psammetta Schepotieff, 1912
5. Genus Psammetta Schulze, 1906 accepted as Psammetta Schepotieff, 1912 (Nomen nudum, no description)
Subfamily Psammininae Haeckel, 1889
1. Genus Cerelpemma Tendal, 1972
2. Genus Galatheammina Tendal, 1972
3. Genus Psammina Haeckel, 1889
4. Genus Reticulammina Tendal, 1972
5. Genus Semipsammina Tendal, 1975
6. Genus Shinkaiya Lecroq, Gooday, Tsuchiya & Pawlowski, 2009
7. Genus Spiculammina Kamenskaya, 2005
8. Genus Cerelpemma Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Cerelpemma Tendal, 1972 (Nomen nudum, no description)
Subfamily Syringammininae Tendal, 1972
1. Genus Occultammina Tendal, Swinbanks & Shirayama, 1982
2. Genus Syringammina Brady, 1883

Environment

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

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1889). Report on the deep-sea Keratosa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 32 (part 82): 1-92, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46217206
page(s): p. 32 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Psamminidae Haeckel, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22742 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2013-08-03 23:46:27Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2013-08-10 08:01:10Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2021-05-26 12:30:19Z

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Le Coze, François

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Nomenclature

original description Haeckel, E. (1889). Report on the deep-sea Keratosa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 32 (part 82): 1-92, pls 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46217206
page(s): p. 32 [details]

basis of record Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Kaminski, M. A. (2014). The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera. Advances in agglutinated foraminiferal research: The Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, IWAF-9 (2014). Micropaleontology. 60(1): 89-108. [details] Available for editors