Deep-Sea taxon details
Rhabdammina Sars in Carpenter, 1869
112315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112315)
accepted
Genus
Rhabdammina abyssorum Sars in Carpenter, 1869 (type by original designation)
Oculosiphon Avnimelech, 1952 · unaccepted (Opinion of Jones (1994))
- Species Rhabdammina abyssorum Sars in Carpenter, 1869
- Species Rhabdammina agglutissima Hofker, 1972 †
- Species Rhabdammina irregularis Carpenter, 1869
- Species Rhabdammina linearis Brady, 1879
- Species Rhabdammina cornuta (Brady, 1879) accepted as Astrorhizoides cornutus (Brady, 1879)
- Species Rhabdammina discreta Brady, 1881 accepted as Psammosiphonella discreta (Brady, 1881) (Opinion of Avnimelech (1952))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Carpenter, W. B. (1869). On the Rhizopodal Fauna of the Deep Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 18(114-122): 59-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1869.0019
page(s): p. 61 [details]
page(s): p. 61 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104413
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104413 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Rhabdammina Sars in Carpenter, 1869. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112315 on 2026-08-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rhabdammina Sars in Carpenter, 1869. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112315 on 2026-08-06
Date
action
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2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Carpenter, W. B. (1869). On the Rhizopodal Fauna of the Deep Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 18(114-122): 59-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1869.0019
page(s): p. 61 [details]
original description (of Oculosiphon Avnimelech, 1952) Avnimelech, M. (1952). A revision of the tubular Monothalamia. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(2): 60-68., available online at http://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/
page(s): p. 65 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors
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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): p. 61 [details]
original description (of Oculosiphon Avnimelech, 1952) Avnimelech, M. (1952). A revision of the tubular Monothalamia. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(2): 60-68., available online at http://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/
page(s): p. 65 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors
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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test with three, or less commonly four to five, radiating tubes of nearly constant diameter, cavity in central area globular, that of branches narrow, about one-third the diameter of the branches; wall thick, of firmly cemented coarse sand grains, exterior rough but cavity interior smooth; apertures at the open ends of the tubular rays. Holocene, in deep water, from 700 m to 4,800 m; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104413 [details]
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