original description
(of ) Shchedrina, Z. G. (1969). О некоторых изменениях в системе семейств Astrorhizidae и Reophacidae (Foraminifera) - About some changes in the system of families of Astrorhizidae and Reophacidae (Foraminifera). <em>Академия наук СССР Вопросы микропалеонтологии - Academy of Sciences USSR Questions of Micropaleontology.</em> 11: 157-170., available online at http://www.ginras.ru/library/pdf/11_1969_voprosy_mikropaleontologii.pdf
page(s): p. 167 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test free, consisting of thick tube that branches at irregular intervals, not radiating from a central area as in Astrorhiza; wall of firmly cemented coarse sand grains, with rough exterior, thick inner organic lining protrudes either as simple or furcating tubes from the ends of the agglutinated branches, the large amount of organic material allowing the arms to be somewhat flexible; apertures at the ends of the branches. Holocene; N. and S. Atlantic; N. and S. Pacific; Arctic Ocean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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