WoRMS name details
Sphaeridia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
415997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415997)
unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior homonym of Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912 Insecta)
Genus
Sphaeridia papillata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928 accepted as Kuremsia papillata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928) (type by original designation)
- Species Sphaeridia papillata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928 accepted as Kuremsia papillata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928) (Type species of Kuremsia)
- Species Sphaeridia rugata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928 accepted as Stictogongylus rugata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928) accepted as Stictogongylus rugatus (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928) (Opinion of Parker (2009))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
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Homonymy Junior homonym of springtail genus Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912
Homonymy Junior homonym of springtail genus Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sphaeridia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415997 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 294 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 294 [details] Available for editors
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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]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test globular, up to 0.85 mm in diameter, three to four rapidly enlarging and strongly enveloping chambers, two per whorl, septa probably resorbed internally as new chambers form, umbilical region filled by large solid plug that occupies about one-fourth the test surface and is perforated by vertical, tubular, and bifurcating canals; wall calcareous, thick, optically radial, perforate, surface with beads or pustules of clear calcite; aperture consisting of the pores at the ends of the tubular canals. Holocene; Indian Ocean: Kerimba Archipelago; Mauritius. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Homonymy Junior homonym of springtail genus Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912
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