WoRMS taxon details
Candeina d'Orbigny, 1839
415153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415153)
accepted
Genus
Candeina nitida d'Orbigny, 1839 (type by monotypy)
- Species Candeina nitida d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Candeina milletti Dollfus, 1905 accepted as Candeina nitida d'Orbigny, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 107 [details]
page(s): p. 107 [details]
Type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Candeina d'Orbigny, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415153 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 107 [details]
page(s): p. 107 [details]
Other
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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test globose, three to five inflated chambers per whorl in a high trochospiral coil, sutures radial, depressed; wall calcareous, hyaline, radial, microperforate, the extremely fine pores irregularly distributed, surface smooth but at high magnification may appear finely pustulose or pebbly; primary aperture in the early stage a low interiomarginal umbilical slit, later chambers with tiny rounded secondary sutural openings bordered by raised narrow rims at each side of the primary aperture and completely replacing the primary aperture in the adult, sutural openings surround the chambers of the last few whorls on both spiral and umbilical sides of the test. Miocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キャンデアイナ属 | [details] |
