World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea taxon details

Foraminifera

AphiaID

1410 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1410)

Classification

Authority

d'Orbigny, 1826

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Rhizaria

Direct children (6)

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Class Globothalamea
Class Monothalamea
Class Nodosariata
Class Tubothalamea
Class Xenophyophorea accepted as Xenophyophoroidea (DNA sequencing has shown it is not a separate class but part of the Monothalamea)
Class Foraminifera incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Deep-Sea (2026). Foraminifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1410 on 2026-07-29

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Foraminifera. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1410 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2010-03-26 07:29:44Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2011-10-17 13:02:04Z

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Gordon, Dennis

2020-05-06 14:04:43Z

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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. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 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 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	gaatjesdragers	[details]
English	hole bearersforamsforaminiferans	[details]
German	Foraminiferen	[details]
Japanese	有孔虫	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Foraminifera)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091652)

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091652)

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