WoRMS taxon details
Reophax scorpiurus Montfort, 1808
114016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114016)
accepted
Species
Lituola scorpiurus (Montfort, 1808) · unaccepted
Reophax scorpius Montfort, 1808 † · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Forma Reophax scorpiurus f. liasica Franke, 1936 † accepted as Reophax metensis Franke, 1936 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Riegraf (1985))
- Variety Reophax scorpiurus var. testacea Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Reophax testaceus Wiesner, 1931 (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 331, p. 330 text-fig [details]
page(s): p. 331, p. 330 text-fig [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Reophax scorpiurus Montfort, 1808. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114016 on 2025-07-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 331, p. 330 text-fig [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]
page(s): p. 331, p. 330 text-fig [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]
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 (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Majewski W. (2005). Benthic foraminiferal communities: distribution and ecology in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica. <em>Polish Polar Research.</em> 26, 3, 159-214 pp., available online at http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr26/ppr26-159.pdf [details]
additional source Sabbatini, A.; Morigi, C.; Ravaioli, M.; Negri, A. (2004). Abyssal benthic foraminifera in the Polar Front region (Pacific sector): Faunal composition, standing stock and size structure. <em>Chemistry and Ecology.</em> 20(sup1): S117-S129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02757540410001655387 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cornelius, N.; Gooday, A. J. (2004). ‘Live'(stained) deep-sea benthic foraminiferans in the western Weddell Sea: trends in abundance, diversity, and taxonomic composition along a depth transect. <em>Deep-Sea Research II.</em> 51: 1571-1602. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
subsequent type designation Brönnimann, P.; Whittaker, J. E. (1980). A revision of Reophax and its type-species, with remarks on several other Recent hormosinid species (Protozoa: Foraminiferida) in the Collections of the British Museum (Natural History). <em>Bulletin British Museum natural History (Zoology).</em> 39: 259-272., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/13274#/summary
note: Neotype designation. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Majewski W. (2005). Benthic foraminiferal communities: distribution and ecology in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica. <em>Polish Polar Research.</em> 26, 3, 159-214 pp., available online at http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr26/ppr26-159.pdf [details]
additional source Sabbatini, A.; Morigi, C.; Ravaioli, M.; Negri, A. (2004). Abyssal benthic foraminifera in the Polar Front region (Pacific sector): Faunal composition, standing stock and size structure. <em>Chemistry and Ecology.</em> 20(sup1): S117-S129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02757540410001655387 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cornelius, N.; Gooday, A. J. (2004). ‘Live'(stained) deep-sea benthic foraminiferans in the western Weddell Sea: trends in abundance, diversity, and taxonomic composition along a depth transect. <em>Deep-Sea Research II.</em> 51: 1571-1602. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]subsequent type designation Brönnimann, P.; Whittaker, J. E. (1980). A revision of Reophax and its type-species, with remarks on several other Recent hormosinid species (Protozoa: Foraminiferida) in the Collections of the British Museum (Natural History). <em>Bulletin British Museum natural History (Zoology).</em> 39: 259-272., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/13274#/summary
note: Neotype designation. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
