WoRMS name details
Ozawaia Cushman, 1931
520874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520874)
unaccepted (Junior subjective synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (1997))
Genus
Ozawaia tongaensis Cushman, 1931 accepted as Elphidium tongaense (Cushman, 1931) (type by original designation)
- Species Ozawaia tongaensis Cushman, 1931 accepted as Elphidium tongaense (Cushman, 1931) (Opinion of Parker (2009))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1931). Two new foraminiferal genera from the South Pacific. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 7(4): 78-82., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/7cclfr4.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ozawaia Cushman, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520874 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A. (1931). Two new foraminiferal genera from the South Pacific. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 7(4): 78-82., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/7cclfr4.pdf
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additional source
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Test lenticular and biumbonate, early stage planispirally coiled, with prominent umbilical bosses, sutures strongly curved, slightly depressed, later chambers cylindrical, uncoiling and rectilinear, sutural ponticuli and fossettes present in both coiled and uncoiled stages, periphery carinate in the enrolled stage, presence of true retral processes or canal system not known; wall calcareous, finely perforate; multiple aperture in the enrolled stage consisting of an interiomarginal row of pores, adult uncoiled stage with pores in the terminal face. Holocene; South Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
