Foraminifera name details
Elphidium elegantum (Hofker, 1976)
592836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592836)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Elphidiononion elegantum Hofker, 1976 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Elphidiononion elegantum Hofker, 1976) Hofker, J. (1976). Further studies on Caribbean foraminifera. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 49: 1-256., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506198 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium elegantum (Hofker, 1976). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592836 on 2026-09-05
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(of Elphidiononion elegantum Hofker, 1976) Hofker, J. (1976). Further studies on Caribbean foraminifera. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 49: 1-256., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506198 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference 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]
[request]new combination reference 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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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