Foraminifera name details
Epistomaroides punctatus (Said, 1949)
490082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490082)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Epistomaria punctata Said, 1949 · unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Hansen and Rögl (1980))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Epistomaria punctata Said, 1949) Said, R. (1949). Foraminifera of the northern Red Sea. <em>Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research special publication.</em> 26: 1-44. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Northern Red Sea Region
type locality contained in Northern Red Sea Region [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Epistomaroides punctatus (Said, 1949). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490082 on 2025-11-02
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(of Epistomaria punctata Said, 1949) Said, R. (1949). Foraminifera of the northern Red Sea. <em>Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research special publication.</em> 26: 1-44. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., Gofas, S., Morri, C., Rosso, A, Violanti, D., Garcia Raso, J. E., Cinar, M. E., Almogi-Labin, A., Ates, A. S., Azzurro, E., Ballesteros, E., Bianchi, C. N., Bilecenoglu, M., Gambi, M. C., Giangrande, A., Gravili, C., Hyams-Kaphzan, O., Karachle, P. K., Katsanevakis, S., Lipej, L., Mastrototaro, F., Mineur, F., Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M. A., Ramos Espla, A., Salas, C., San Martin, G., Sfriso, A., Streftaris, N., and Verlaque, M. (2012). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 13(2): 328-352. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hayward, B.W., Holzmann, M., Langer, M.R., Parker, J.H., Tsuchiya, M. (2025). Molecular and morphological taxonomy and biogeography of living Cribroelphidiidae, Elphidiellidae, Elphidiidae, Haynesinidae and related taxa (Foraminifera, Rotalioidea). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 71: 433-808., available online at https://doi.org/10.47894/mpal.71.5.01 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Hansen, H. J.; Rögl, F. (1980). On Anomalina punctulata d'Orbigny, 1826. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 10(2): 153-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.10.2.153 [details]
new combination reference Hofker, J. (1953). The genus Epistomaria Galloway, 1933 and the genus Epistomaroides Uchio, 1952. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 27(3-4): 129-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03041843
note: As Epistomaroides punctatus but the genus is masculine. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., Gofas, S., Morri, C., Rosso, A, Violanti, D., Garcia Raso, J. E., Cinar, M. E., Almogi-Labin, A., Ates, A. S., Azzurro, E., Ballesteros, E., Bianchi, C. N., Bilecenoglu, M., Gambi, M. C., Giangrande, A., Gravili, C., Hyams-Kaphzan, O., Karachle, P. K., Katsanevakis, S., Lipej, L., Mastrototaro, F., Mineur, F., Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M. A., Ramos Espla, A., Salas, C., San Martin, G., Sfriso, A., Streftaris, N., and Verlaque, M. (2012). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 13(2): 328-352. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hayward, B.W., Holzmann, M., Langer, M.R., Parker, J.H., Tsuchiya, M. (2025). Molecular and morphological taxonomy and biogeography of living Cribroelphidiidae, Elphidiellidae, Elphidiidae, Haynesinidae and related taxa (Foraminifera, Rotalioidea). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 71: 433-808., available online at https://doi.org/10.47894/mpal.71.5.01 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Hansen, H. J.; Rögl, F. (1980). On Anomalina punctulata d'Orbigny, 1826. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 10(2): 153-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.10.2.153 [details]
new combination reference Hofker, J. (1953). The genus Epistomaria Galloway, 1933 and the genus Epistomaroides Uchio, 1952. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 27(3-4): 129-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03041843
note: As Epistomaroides punctatus but the genus is masculine. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Kiribati (Line Group) part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : Rare [details]Introduced species remark In Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Up to 2012, Epistomaroides punctatus had only been reported from the Indo-Pacific realm, thus it is suggested to be a Lessepsian invader [details]
Introduced species remark In Kiribati (Line Group) part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : Constitutes 0.5-3% of the foraminiferal community in the Chuuk Lagoon Atoll system of the Carloline Islands [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals
Invaded from Red Sea through the Suez Canal [details]
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Epistomaria punctata USNM CC 55675 holotype) (from synonym Epistomaria punctata Said, 1949)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym