Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

HKRMS taxon details

Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

Rotalia beccarii (figs 6-7); other Ammonia species (Figs 1-5)

AphiaID

112078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112078)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ammoniinae Saidova, 1981

Original name

Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

Direct children (9)

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Species Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ammonia confertitesta Zheng, 1978
Species Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943)
Species Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926)
Species Ammonia granuloumbilica Zheng, 1978 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia annectens (Parker & Jones, 1865) accepted as Rotalidium annectens (Parker & Jones, 1865)
Species Ammonia compressiuscula (Brady, 1884) accepted as Rotalinoides compressiuscula (Brady, 1884)
Species Ammonia nakazatoensis (Kuwano, 1950) † accepted as Pseudoeponides nakazatoensis (Kuwano, 1950) †
Species Ammonia takanabensis (Ishizaki, 1943) accepted as Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29565699
page(s): p. 232 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammonia Brünnich, 1771. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112078 on 2026-04-07

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Ammonia Brünnich, 1771. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112078 on 2026-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gross, Onno

2005-07-07 10:14:33Z

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Braeckman, Ulrike

2013-03-08 15:09:52Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-19 08:48:59Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2018-05-19 05:16:43Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2018-09-22 10:23:02Z

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Le Coze, François

2022-12-21 14:06:51Z

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Le Coze, François

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original description Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29565699
page(s): p. 232 [details]

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

additional source Hayward, B. W.; Holzmann, M.; Grenfell, H. R.; Pawlowski, J.; Triggs, C. M. (2004). Morphological distinction of molecular types in Ammonia - towards a taxonomic revision of the world's most commonly misidentified foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology. 50: 237-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-8398(03)00074-4 [details] Available for editors