WoRMS taxon details
Hyperammina Brady, 1878
112333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112333)
accepted
Genus
Hyperammina elongata Brady, 1878 (type by original designation)
Arhyperammum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Bactrammina Eimer & Fickert, 1899 · unaccepted (Isotopic junior synonym)
Silicammina Vyalov, 1966 † · unaccepted (Regarded as a subjective junior...)
Regarded as a subjective junior synonym of Placentammina Thalmann, 1947 by Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, the type species ["looks very much like Hyperammina dilatata Grzybowski. In fact, it might be the same species."] Opinion of Kaminski (2019, pers. com.)
- Species Hyperammina clavellata Zheng, 1988
- Species Hyperammina clavigera Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
- Species Hyperammina constricta Hofker, 1979 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Hyperammina constricta Gutschick & Treckman, 1959)
- Species Hyperammina cylindrica Parr, 1950
- Species Hyperammina distorta Cushman, 1918
- Species Hyperammina diurna Saidova, 1975
- Species Hyperammina dubia Lacroix, 1928
- Species Hyperammina echinata Saidova, 1970
- Species Hyperammina elongata Brady, 1878
- Species Hyperammina flexuosa Lacroix, 1928
- Species Hyperammina fragilis Höglund, 1947
- Species Hyperammina friabilis Brady, 1884
- Species Hyperammina imbecilla Saidova, 1975
- Species Hyperammina kermadecensis Saidova, 1975
- Species Hyperammina laevigata Wright, 1891
- Species Hyperammina magnilocula Zheng & Fu, 2001
- Species Hyperammina malovensis Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
- Species Hyperammina maxima Cushman, 1910
- Species Hyperammina mestayeri Cushman, 1919
- Species Hyperammina micaceus Gooday & Malzone, 2004
- Species Hyperammina novaezealandiae Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922
- Species Hyperammina potio Saidova, 1975
- Species Hyperammina spiculifera Lacroix, 1928
- Species Hyperammina squamosa Ujiié, 1995
- Species Hyperammina tenuissima Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922
- Species Hyperammina zenkevichi Saidova, 1970
- Subgenus Hyperammina (Saccorhiza) Hofker, 1972 accepted as Saccorhiza Eimer & Fickert, 1899 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Species Hyperammina (Saccorhiza) atlantica Hofker, 1972 accepted as Saccorhiza atlantica (Hofker, 1972) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Hyperammina (Saccorhiza) caribbeana Hofker, 1972 accepted as Saccorhiza caribbeana (Hofker, 1972) accepted as Saccorhiza ramosa (Brady, 1879)
- Species Hyperammina arborescens (Norman in Brady, 1881) accepted as Psammatodendron arborescens Norman in Brady, 1881
- Species Hyperammina bradyi Shchedrina, 1946 accepted as Hyperammina elongata Brady, 1878 (Unnecessary new replacement name)
- Species Hyperammina calcilega Rhumbler, 1906 accepted as Saccorhiza calcilega (Rhumbler, 1906)
- Species Hyperammina crassatina (Brady, 1881) accepted as Bathysiphon crassatina (Brady, 1881) accepted as Bathysiphon crassatinus (Brady, 1881)
- Species Hyperammina ramosa Brady, 1879 accepted as Saccorhiza ramosa (Brady, 1879) (Opinion of Cushman (1910))
- Species Hyperammina subnodosa Brady, 1884 accepted as Archimerismus subnodosus (Brady, 1884)
- Species Hyperammina vagans Brady, 1879 accepted as Tolypammina vagans (Brady, 1879) (Type species of Tolypammina)
- Species Hyperammina floridensis Rhumbler, 1894 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Brady, H. B. (1878). On the reticularian and Radiolarian Rhizopoda (Foraminifera and Polycystina) of the North-Polar Expedition of 1875–76. <em>Annals and magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 1(6): 425-440., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27735758
page(s): p. 433 [details]
page(s): p. 433 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Hyperammina Brady, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112333 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Brady, H. B. (1878). On the reticularian and Radiolarian Rhizopoda (Foraminifera and Polycystina) of the North-Polar Expedition of 1875–76. <em>Annals and magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 1(6): 425-440., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27735758
page(s): p. 433 [details]
original description (of Bactrammina Eimer & Fickert, 1899) Eimer, G. H. T.; Fickert, C. (1899). Die Artbildung und Verwandtschaft bei den Foraminiferen. Entwurf einer natürlichen Eintheilung derselben. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 65: 599-708., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43249091
page(s): p. 673 [details]
original description (of Silicammina Vyalov, 1966 †) Vyalov, O. S. (1966), Замечания о фораминиферах с кремневой раковиной - [Remarks on foraminifera with siliceous test], Paleontologicheskiy Sbornik, L'vov 3(1):3-11.
page(s): p. 9, 10 [details]
original description (of Arhyperammum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p. 433 [details]
original description (of Bactrammina Eimer & Fickert, 1899) Eimer, G. H. T.; Fickert, C. (1899). Die Artbildung und Verwandtschaft bei den Foraminiferen. Entwurf einer natürlichen Eintheilung derselben. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 65: 599-708., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43249091
page(s): p. 673 [details]
original description (of Silicammina Vyalov, 1966 †) Vyalov, O. S. (1966), Замечания о фораминиферах с кремневой раковиной - [Remarks on foraminifera with siliceous test], Paleontologicheskiy Sbornik, L'vov 3(1):3-11.
page(s): p. 9, 10 [details]
original description (of Arhyperammum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, elongate, reaching a maximum length of about 16 mm, large proloculus followed by undivided tubular chamber of constant diameter but tapering slightly at the end to the rounded aperture; wall of agglutinated medium-sized quartz particles that may be firmly to loosely cemented, interior cavity with smoothly finished surface. Holocene; cosmopolitan, from 160 m to 6,248 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
