Foraminifera taxon details

Psammophaga Arnold, 1982

413746  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413746)

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Arnold, Z. M. (1982). Psammophaga simplora n. gen., n. sp., a polygenomic Californian saccamminid. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 12(1), 72-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.12.1.72
page(s): p. 76 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Psammophaga Arnold, 1982. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413746 on 2024-03-28
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original description Arnold, Z. M. (1982). Psammophaga simplora n. gen., n. sp., a polygenomic Californian saccamminid. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 12(1), 72-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.12.1.72
page(s): p. 76 [details]   

additional source Gooday, A. J.; Bowser, S. S.; Bernhard, J. M. (1996). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: A shallow-water site with deep-sea characteristics. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 37(2): 117-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6611(96)00007-9 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Diagnosis Test small, 0.25 mm in length, pyriform to ovoid; wall of thick transparent flexible matrix with a thinner outer agglutinated covering.; aperture terminal, simple, at the pointed end of the test, or may be slightly produced on a neck, without peduncular sheath or entosolenian collar; granuloreticulose pseudopodia, cytoplasm containing large quantities of ingested mineral particles, gamont with single large polygenomic nucleus (up to 100 µm) that divides to produce abundant gametes, schizont unknown. Holocene, shallow water; USA: California, Monterey Bay. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]