WoRMS taxon details
Rhizammina Brady, 1879
112316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112316)
accepted
Genus
Rhizammina algaeformis Brady, 1879 (type by original designation)
Arrhizammum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Rhizammina algaeformis Brady, 1879
- Species Rhizammina alta Saidova, 1970
- Species Rhizammina diatomica Saidova, 1970
- Species Rhizammina dichotoma Hagenmeyer, 1959 †
- Species Rhizammina echinata Saidova, 1975
- Species Rhizammina excelsa Saidova, 1975
- Species Rhizammina horrida Chapman & Parr, 1937
- Species Rhizammina ingrata Saidova, 1975
- Species Rhizammina ramulus Kristan-Tollmann, 1964 †
- Species Rhizammina rudis Kaptarenko-Chernousova, 1959 †
- Species Rhizammina surtida Saidova, 1975
- Species Rhizammina transversa Saidova, 1975
- Species Rhizammina uruiensis Suleymanov, 1988 †
- Species Rhizammina globigerinifera Hofker, 1930 accepted as Testulorhiza globigerinifera (Hofker, 1930) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Type species of Testulorhiza)
- Species Rhizammina grilli Noth, 1951 † accepted as Nothia grilli (Noth, 1951) † (Type species of Nothia)
- Species Rhizammina indivisa Brady, 1884 accepted as Testulosiphon indivisus (Brady, 1884) (Type species of Testulosiphon)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Brady, H. B. (1879). Notes on some of the reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition; Part I. On new or little known arenaceous types. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Sciences. 19: 20-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14704208
page(s): p. 39 [details]
page(s): p. 39 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Rhizammina Brady, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112316 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Brady, H. B. (1879). Notes on some of the reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition; Part I. On new or little known arenaceous types. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Sciences. 19: 20-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14704208
page(s): p. 39 [details]
original description (of Arrhizammum 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. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p. 39 [details]
original description (of Arrhizammum 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. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, tubular, branching dichotomously but sparsely; wall thin and flexible, with large amount of organic material and with embedded sand grains, tests of other foraminifers, or radiolarians; aperture at the ends of the tubes. Holocene, in deep water, 1,260m to 5,800 m; N. and S. Atlantic; N. and S. Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
