original description
Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725 [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]
additional source
Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free or attached, generally large, with two or more branches from a central area; agglutinated wall showing little selectivity and commonly poorly cemented, with a proteinaceous organic lining; apertures at the ends of the arms. M. Ordovician to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
Nomenclature Some authorities put this family in her own ordo Astrorhizida [details]