WoRMS taxon details
Saccammina Sars in Carpenter, 1869
112373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112373)
accepted
Genus
Saccammina sphaerica Brady, 1871 (type by subsequent designation)
Arsaccammina Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Bogdanovicziella Myatlyuk, 1970 † · unaccepted ((Subjective junior synonym in...)
(Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm) [Subjective junior synonym of Placentammina Thalmann, 1947 in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)]
Saccamina Sars, 1869 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Saccammina alba Hedley, 1962
- Species Saccammina alta Saidova, 1975
- Species Saccammina anglica Cushman, 1918
- Species Saccammina basispiculata Mikhalevich, Pronina & Nestell, 2000
- Species Saccammina consociata Flint, 1899
- Species Saccammina edita (Saidova, 1975)
- Species Saccammina epurata Hirsch, 1912
- Species Saccammina fragilis Le Calvez, 1935
- Species Saccammina hadai (Saidova, 1975)
- Species Saccammina helenae (Rhumbler, 1913)
- Species Saccammina huanghaiensis Zheng & Fu, 2001
- Species Saccammina lagenaria (Berthelin, 1880)
- Species Saccammina minima Zheng & Fu, 2001
- Species Saccammina minimus Ohkawara, Kitazato, Uematsu & Gooday, 2009
- Species Saccammina minuta Rhumbler, 1913
- Species Saccammina ovata (Cushman, 1910)
- Species Saccammina ovuma Saidova, 1975
- Species Saccammina socialis Brady, 1884
- Species Saccammina sphaerica Brady, 1871
- Species Saccammina testacea (Flint, 1899)
- Species Saccammina virgata Saidova, 1975
- Species Saccammina atlantica (Cushman, 1944) accepted as Lagenammina atlantica (Cushman, 1944) (superseded combination)
- Species Saccammina compressa (Cushman & McCulloch, 1939) accepted as Lagenammina compressa (Cushman & McCulloch, 1939) accepted as Lagenammina hancocki (Cushman & McCulloch, 1948) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Saccammina difflugiformis (Brady, 1879) accepted as Lagenammina difflugiformis (Brady, 1879)
- Species Saccammina fusiformis (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Reophax fusiformis (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Saccammina hancocki (Cushman & McCulloch, 1948) accepted as Proteonina hancocki Cushman & McCulloch, 1948 accepted as Lagenammina hancocki (Cushman & McCulloch, 1948)
- Species Saccammina longicollis (Wiesner, 1931) accepted as Reophax longicollis (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Saccammina sphaerica Sars, 1872 accepted as Saccammina sphaerica Brady, 1871 (Objective synonym)
- Species Saccammina tubulata Rhumbler, 1931 accepted as Lagenammina tubulata (Rhumbler, 1931) (Opinion of Murray and Alve (2011))
- Species Saccammina eriana Dawson, 1881 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Published Saccammina? (Calcisphaera) eriana. Calcisphaera is not a genus of foraminifera according to Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Carpenter, W. B. (1869). On the Rhizopodal Fauna of the Deep Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 18(114-122): 59-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1869.0019
page(s): p. 61 [details]
page(s): p. 61 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Saccammina Sars in Carpenter, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112373 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Carpenter, W. B. (1869). On the Rhizopodal Fauna of the Deep Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 18(114-122): 59-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1869.0019
page(s): p. 61 [details]
original description (of Bogdanovicziella Myatlyuk, 1970 †) Myatlyuk, E. V. (1970). Фораминиферы флишевых отложений Восточных Карпат (мел-палеоген) - Foraminifera of the flysch deposits of the eastern Carpathians (Cretaceous-Paleogene). <em>Proceedings of the Oil Research Geological Institute (ВНИГРИ-VNIGRI).</em> 282: 1-225.
page(s): p. 51 [details]
original description (of Arsaccammina Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p. 61 [details]
original description (of Bogdanovicziella Myatlyuk, 1970 †) Myatlyuk, E. V. (1970). Фораминиферы флишевых отложений Восточных Карпат (мел-палеоген) - Foraminifera of the flysch deposits of the eastern Carpathians (Cretaceous-Paleogene). <em>Proceedings of the Oil Research Geological Institute (ВНИГРИ-VNIGRI).</em> 282: 1-225.
page(s): p. 51 [details]
original description (of Arsaccammina Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Gooday, A. J.; Bowser, S. S.; Bernhard, J. M. (1996). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: A shallow-water site with deep-sea characteristics. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 37(2): 117-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6611(96)00007-9 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gooday, A. J.; Bowser, S. S.; Bernhard, J. M. (1996). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: A shallow-water site with deep-sea characteristics. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 37(2): 117-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6611(96)00007-9 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test free, a single globular chamber up to 3.5 mm in diameter; wall firm, with inner proteinaceous layer covered by fine agglutinated quartz particles held in an organic cement; aperture rounded, may be nearly flush or produced on a short neck, inner organic wall layer modified in living specimens to an oral apparatus or entosolenian tube around the opening. M. Silurian; USA: Ohio, Oklahoma; to Holocene: N. Atlantic, at 346 m to 2,886 m, off Norway; Ireland; Arctic Ocean, at 178 m to 290 m; N. Pacific, at 4,100 m; Antarctic, at 2,600 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
