Deep-Sea taxon details
Psammosphaeridae Haeckel, 1894
- Subfamily Psammosphaerinae Haeckel, 1894
- Genus Psammosphaera Schulze, 1875
- Genus Sorosphaera Brady, 1879
- Genus Storthosphaera Schulze, 1875
- Genus Arenosphaera Shchedrina, 1939 accepted as Psammosphaera Schulze, 1875 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E., (1894), Systematische Phylogenie. Entwurf eines Natürlichen Systems der Organismen auf Grund ihrer Stammesgeschichte. Theil1, Systematische Phylogenie der Protisten und Pflanzen. Berlin: Georg Reimer, available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/19949874 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Psammosphaeridae Haeckel, 1894. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465773 on 2025-06-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Psammosphaeridae Haeckel, 1894. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465773 on 2025-06-05
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Haeckel, E., (1894), Systematische Phylogenie. Entwurf eines Natürlichen Systems der Organismen auf Grund ihrer Stammesgeschichte. Theil1, Systematische Phylogenie der Protisten und Pflanzen. Berlin: Georg Reimer, available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/19949874 [details]
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Diagnosis Test free, globular to irregular or with several loosely joined chambers; wall coarsely agglutinated. Ordovician to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
