Elphidium craticulatum Cushman (not Fichtel and Moll) = E. batavum Hofker, 1968 (Opinion of Hofker (1968))
Description Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1933. The Foraminifera of the Tropical Pacific Collections of the ”Albatross”. Part 2. Lagenidae to Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Nation. Mus 161: vi+79 pp.+19 pls.
Note: Whittaker and Hodgkinson (Togopi, 1979, p. 83): "In 1968 Hofker [...] cited Cushman's E. craticulatum from Tonga (1933: 48; pl. 11, fig. 5), as being conspecific [with E. batavum]. In 1971, however, he included this reference, without comment, in his synonymy of Cellanthus craticulatus [= Elphidium cratulatum]."
Whittaker and Hodgkinson (1979), who noticed Hofker's change of opinion, do not list Cushman (1933) reference in their synonymy of C. craticulatus.Author Cedhagen, TomasJPG file - 104.45 kB - 679 x 485 pixelsadded on 2011-09-21948 viewsForaminifera taxaElphidium batavum Hofker, 1968checked Le Coze, François 2023-08-13 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License