Foraminifera taxon details
Argillotuba Avnimelech, 1952
415077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415077)
accepted
Genus
Astrorhiza vermiformis Goës, 1896 accepted as Argillotuba vermiformis (Goës, 1896) (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Avnimelech, M. (1952). A revision of the tubular Monothalamia. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(2): 60-68., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/03ccffr2.pdf
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Diagnosis Test large, 10 mm to 13 mm in length, cylindrical in form, straight to variously bent; wall of mud or silt on an inner...
Diagnosis Test large, 10 mm to 13 mm in length, cylindrical in form, straight to variously bent; wall of mud or silt on an inner organic lining, flexible in life, surface generally with many transverse constrictions or crevices; aperture at the somewhat constricted open end (or both ends?) of the tube. Holocene, from 1,460 m to 1,880 m depth; Caribbean Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Argillotuba Avnimelech, 1952. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415077 on 2026-02-25
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Avnimelech, M. (1952). A revision of the tubular Monothalamia. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(2): 60-68., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/03ccffr2.pdf
page(s): p. 64 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): p. 64 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Diagnosis Test large, 10 mm to 13 mm in length, cylindrical in form, straight to variously bent; wall of mud or silt on an inner organic lining, flexible in life, surface generally with many transverse constrictions or crevices; aperture at the somewhat constricted open end (or both ends?) of the tube. Holocene, from 1,460 m to 1,880 m depth; Caribbean Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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