WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Peneroplis (Monalysidium) Chapman, 1900) Chapman, F. (1900). On some new and interesting Foraminifera from the Funafuti atoll, Ellice Islands. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology).</em> 28 (179): 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31880329 page(s): p. 3 [details]
original description
(of Dendritina (Monalysidium) Hofker, 1951) Hofker, J. (1951), Recent Peneroplidae. Pt. 1 ( continued), Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 71: 223-239. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1951.tb01968.x page(s): p. 238 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test small, with relatively large planispiral coil, consisting of about nine ovoid chambers, later uncoiling and rectilinear, with short inflated chambers, sutures distinct and constricted, radial in the coiled stage, horizontal in the rectilinear stage; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, thin, surface smooth, distinctly punctate; aperture terminal, simple, circular, bordered by an everted lip with fimbriate or scalloped margin. Holocene; S. Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Etymology Mon-alysidium (single small chain) from Ancient Greek ἀλυσείδιον, ἀλυσίδιον, neuter. [details]
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