WoRMS taxon details
Fosteria spinosa (Foster, 1974)
235674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235674)
accepted
Species
Magellania spinosa Foster, 1974 · unaccepted
marine, fresh
(of Magellania spinosa Foster, 1974) Foster, M. W. (1974). Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic brachiopods. <em>American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series.</em> 21:189 p., 39 fig., 25 pl. [details]
Holotype USNM 550269A, geounit Antarctic 200NM zone...
, Type locality contained in Ross Sea
Holotype USNM 550269A, geounit Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline [details]
type locality contained in Ross Sea [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Fosteria spinosa (Foster, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235674 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Magellania spinosa Foster, 1974) Foster, M. W. (1974). Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic brachiopods. <em>American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series.</em> 21:189 p., 39 fig., 25 pl. [details]
basis of record Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl. [details]
basis of record Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Zezina O. N., 1980. On composition, distribution and some biological features of the cold water brachiopods in the Southern Hemisphere [in Russian]. In: Ecological investigations of the shelf, Shirshov Inst. Oceanol. Moscow, p. 9-35.
note: Moved species to new genus Fosteria. [details]
note: Moved species to new genus Fosteria. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 550269A, geounit Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline [details]
