Deep-Sea taxon details
Diffusilinidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1961). Remarks on the systematics of the Sarkodina (Protozoa), renamed homonyms and new and validated genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 74: 213-234., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571345
page(s): p. 217; note: Diffusilininae [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 217; note: Diffusilininae [details] Available for editors
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Diffusilinidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1961. 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=737020 on 2026-06-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Diffusilinidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1961. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737020 on 2026-06-07
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1961). Remarks on the systematics of the Sarkodina (Protozoa), renamed homonyms and new and validated genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 74: 213-234., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571345
page(s): p. 217; note: Diffusilininae [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 217; note: Diffusilininae [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test attached, irregular in outline, consisting of a mass of branching tubes, wall finely agglutinated; apertures at top of small surface pustules. Ordovician, Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
