WoRMS taxon details
Gymnesina Colom, 1959
721959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721959)
accepted
Genus
Gymnesina glomerosa Colom, 1959 (type by original designation)
- Species Gymnesina glomerosa Colom, 1959
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Colom, G. (1959). Gymnesina glomerosa, n. gen., n. sp. (Fam. Ophthalmidiidae) from the Mediterranean. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 10: 16-19., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/10ccffr1.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Gymnesina Colom, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721959 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Colom, G. (1959). Gymnesina glomerosa, n. gen., n. sp. (Fam. Ophthalmidiidae) from the Mediterranean. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 10: 16-19., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/10ccffr1.pdf
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basis of record 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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[request]basis of record 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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Diagnosis Test elongate, large, up to 5 mm in length, attached to large mineral grains, globular proloculus followed by four to five ovoid chambers in a planispiral whorl about 0.8 mm in diameter, flattened early stage having only a thin membranous layer against the attachment, later uncoiled, with pyriform chambers in an irregular series, or may branch at the ends, free surface convex or more commonly the thin delicate wall is largely obscured by the very coarse particles to which it attaches; wall calcareous, white, porcelaneous; aperture terminal, rounded, branching specimens commonly with two apertures, or rarely three. Holocene; S. Spain: Alboran Sea; N. Morocco; Balearic Islands. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
