WoRMS taxon details
Siphobigenerina Zheng, 1979
739472 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739472)
accepted
Genus
Siphobigenerina compressa S.Y. Zheng, 1979 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Zheng, S.-Y. (1979). The Recent foraminifera of the Xisha Islands, Guangdong Province, China. II. <em>Studia marina sinica.</em> 15: 101-232.
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Type locality contained in Xisha Islands
type locality contained in Xisha Islands [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Siphobigenerina Zheng, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739472 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test elongate, ovate in section, early stage biserial, later uniserial and rectilinear, each chamber somewhat overlapping that preceding; wall finely agglutinated, canaliculate, surface smoothly finished; aperture terminal, ovate, with thickened margin, and with a half funnel-shaped tooth plate attached to one margin and extending within for less than half the length of the chamber lumen, those of successive chambers alternating in orientation by 180¡ thereby reflecting the earlier biserial development. Holocene; China: Xisha Islands, Guangdong Province. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
