Deep-Sea taxon details
Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)
418046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418046)
accepted
Species
Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858) · unaccepted (Genus is masculine)
Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858) · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym of...)
Subjective junior synonym of Melonis affinis in opinion of Hayward et al. (2010)
Nonion affine (Reuss, 1851) · unaccepted
Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Reuss, A. E. (1851). Ueber die fossilen Foraminiferen und Entomostraceen der Septarienthone der Umgegend von Berlin. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 3 (1): 49-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9458747
page(s): p. 72, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
page(s): p. 72, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418046 on 2026-02-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418046 on 2026-02-16
original description
(of ) Reuss, A. E. (1851). Ueber die fossilen Foraminiferen und Entomostraceen der Septarienthone der Umgegend von Berlin. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 3 (1): 49-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9458747
page(s): p. 72, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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
new combination reference Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. <em>Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9188-0
note: As Melonis affine. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Belford, D. J. (1966). Miocene and Pliocene smaller foraminifera from Papua and New Guinea. <em>Canberra : Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.</em> 79: 1-305., available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/188
page(s): p. 184 pl. 31 fig. 1-4 [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 72, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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
new combination reference Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. <em>Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9188-0
note: As Melonis affine. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Belford, D. J. (1966). Miocene and Pliocene smaller foraminifera from Papua and New Guinea. <em>Canberra : Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.</em> 79: 1-305., available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/188
page(s): p. 184 pl. 31 fig. 1-4 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nonion affine (Reuss, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melonis affinis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melonis barleeanus) (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nonion affine (Reuss, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melonis affinis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melonis barleeanus) (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Melonis barleeanum (Williamson, 1858))
From editor or global species database
