WoRMS taxon details
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826
113434 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113434)
accepted
Species
Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
Globigerina cariacoensis Rögl & Bolli, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
- Variety Globigerina bulloides var. borealis Brady, 1881 accepted as Globigerina borealis Brady, 1881 accepted as Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)
- Variety Globigerina bulloides var. recumbens Rhumbler, 1901 accepted as Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
- Variety Globigerina bulloides var. rubra d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 277 n° 1 Model n° 17 (young) n° 76 (adult) [details]
page(s): p. 277 n° 1 Model n° 17 (young) n° 76 (adult) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113434 on 2025-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 277 n° 1 Model n° 17 (young) n° 76 (adult) [details]
original description (of Globigerina megastoma subsp. cariacoensis Rögl & Bolli, 1973) Rögl, F.; Bolli, H. (1973). Holocene to Pleistocene Planktonic Foraminifera of Leg 15, Site 147 (Cariaco Basin [Trench], Caribbean Sea) and Their Climatic Interpretation. <em>Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 15.</em> , available online at http://www.deepseadrilling.org/15/volume/dsdp15_13.pdf [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963) Seiglie, G. A. (1963). Una nueva especie del genero Globigerina del Reciente de Venezuela. Oriente Univ. Inst. Oceanogr. Bol., Cumana Venezuela. 2(1): 90-91. [details]
original description (of Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler, 1927) Galloway, J. J.; Wissler, S. G. (1927). Pleistocene Foraminifera from the Lomita Quarry Palos Verdes Hills, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 1: 35-87. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971) Orr, W. N.; Zaitzeff, J. B. (1971). A new planktonic foraminiferal species from the California Pliocene. <em>Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 1: 17-19. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. 277 n° 1 Model n° 17 (young) n° 76 (adult) [details]
original description (of Globigerina megastoma subsp. cariacoensis Rögl & Bolli, 1973) Rögl, F.; Bolli, H. (1973). Holocene to Pleistocene Planktonic Foraminifera of Leg 15, Site 147 (Cariaco Basin [Trench], Caribbean Sea) and Their Climatic Interpretation. <em>Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 15.</em> , available online at http://www.deepseadrilling.org/15/volume/dsdp15_13.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963) Seiglie, G. A. (1963). Una nueva especie del genero Globigerina del Reciente de Venezuela. Oriente Univ. Inst. Oceanogr. Bol., Cumana Venezuela. 2(1): 90-91. [details]
original description (of Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler, 1927) Galloway, J. J.; Wissler, S. G. (1927). Pleistocene Foraminifera from the Lomita Quarry Palos Verdes Hills, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 1: 35-87. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971) Orr, W. N.; Zaitzeff, J. B. (1971). A new planktonic foraminiferal species from the California Pliocene. <em>Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 1: 17-19. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Ecology
ecology source
Takagi, H.; Kimoto, K.; Fujiki, T.; Saito, H.; Schmidt, C.; Kucera, M.; Moriya, K. (2019). Characterizing photosymbiosis in modern planktonic foraminifera. <em>Biogeosciences.</em> 16(17): 3377-3396., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3377-2019 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Bé, A.W.; Hemleben, C.; Anderson, O.R.; Spindler, M.; Hacunda, J.; Tuntivate-Choy, S. (1977). Laboratory and field observations of living planktonic foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 23: 155-179. [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Spindler, M.; Hemleben, C. (1980). Symbionts in planktonic foraminifera (Protozoa). <em>Endocytobiology-endosymbiosis and cell biology.</em> 1:133-140. [details]
ecology source Bird, C.; Darling, K. F.; Russell, A. D.; Davis, C. V.; Fehrenbacher, J.; Free, A.; Wyman, M.; Ngwenya, B. T. (2017). Cyanobacterial endobionts within a major marine planktonic calcifier (<i>Globigerina bulloides</i>, Foraminifera) revealed by 16S rRNA metabarcoding. <em>Biogeosciences.</em> 14(4): 901-920., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-901-2017 [details]
[request]ecology source Bé, A.W.; Hemleben, C.; Anderson, O.R.; Spindler, M.; Hacunda, J.; Tuntivate-Choy, S. (1977). Laboratory and field observations of living planktonic foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 23: 155-179. [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Spindler, M.; Hemleben, C. (1980). Symbionts in planktonic foraminifera (Protozoa). <em>Endocytobiology-endosymbiosis and cell biology.</em> 1:133-140. [details]
ecology source Bird, C.; Darling, K. F.; Russell, A. D.; Davis, C. V.; Fehrenbacher, J.; Free, A.; Wyman, M.; Ngwenya, B. T. (2017). Cyanobacterial endobionts within a major marine planktonic calcifier (<i>Globigerina bulloides</i>, Foraminifera) revealed by 16S rRNA metabarcoding. <em>Biogeosciences.</em> 14(4): 901-920., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-901-2017 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bé, A. W. H. (1960). Ecology of recent planktonic foraminifera: Part 2 - Bathymetric and seasonal distributions in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. Micropaleontology, 6(4): 373-392, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484218 [details]
additional source Kameswara Rao, K.; K. Vjayalakshmy, K.; Panikkar, B.M. (1988). Distribution of Living Planktonic Foraminifera in the Coastal Upwelling Region of Kenya, Africa. [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bé, A. W. H. (1960). Ecology of recent planktonic foraminifera: Part 2 - Bathymetric and seasonal distributions in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. Micropaleontology, 6(4): 373-392, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484218 [details]
additional source Kameswara Rao, K.; K. Vjayalakshmy, K.; Panikkar, B.M. (1988). Distribution of Living Planktonic Foraminifera in the Coastal Upwelling Region of Kenya, Africa. [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (394 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Globigerina bulloides)
To GenBank (953 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie 1963) (from synonym Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler 1927) (from synonym Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler, 1927)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff 1971) (from synonym Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff 1971) (from synonym Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Globigerina bermudezi USNM PAL 221731 hypotype) (from synonym Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963)
To PESI
To ITIS
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (394 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Globigerina bulloides)
To GenBank (953 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie 1963) (from synonym Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler 1927) (from synonym Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway & Wissler, 1927)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff 1971) (from synonym Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971)
To Mikrotax (Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff 1971) (from synonym Globigerina umbilicata Orr & Zaitzeff, 1971)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Globigerina bermudezi USNM PAL 221731 hypotype) (from synonym Globigerina bermudezi Seiglie, 1963)
To PESI
To ITIS
