Foraminifera taxon details
Kanakaia Hanzawa, 1957 †
890609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890609)
accepted
Genus
Kanakaia marianensis Hanzawa, 1957 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Hanzawa, S. (1957). Cenozoic Foraminifera of Micronesia. <em>Geological Society of America, Memoirs.</em> 66: 1-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/MEM66
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Kanakaia Hanzawa, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890609 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Hanzawa, S. (1957). Cenozoic Foraminifera of Micronesia. <em>Geological Society of America, Memoirs.</em> 66: 1-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/MEM66
page(s): p. 38 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 38 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test large, up to 4 mm in diameter, with encrusting layers of chambers as in Keramosphaera, horizontal stolons of circular section connect chambers of one series, and oblique stolons about one-half as large connect those of successive layers. Miocene (Aquitanian); Pacific islands: Saipan, Tinian, Rota. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]