Abyssalia sphaerica

Abyssalia sphaerica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monothalamea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Rhizaria Clade: Retaria Phylum: Foraminifera Classis: Monothalamea

Ordo: -
Superfamilia: Xenophyophoroidea
Familia -
Genus: Abyssalia
Species: Abyssalia sphaerica

Name

Abyssalia sphaerica Gooday & Holzmann in Gooday et al., 2020

ZooBank: 0E99BE28-03AA-4A66-9B66-01911CF2654B [nonfunctional]

Holotype: NHMUK PM ZF 9913

Type locality: Specimen 095, collected on 02 June 2018 in APEI-4 during ROV dive LK-091 (core 11), event ID KM1808-47; latitude 6.9878737, longitude −149.9125, water depth 4999.5 m.

Etymology: from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós, sphericus, spherical).

References

• Gooday, A.J., Durden, J.M., Holzmann, M., Pawlowski, J., Smith, C.R. 2020. Xenophyophores (Rhizaria, Foraminifera), including four new species and two new genera, from the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone (abyssal equatorial Pacific). European Journal of Protistology. 75: 125715. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125715 Reference page. 

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Links

• Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2020). World Foraminifera Database. Abyssalia sphaerica Gooday and Holzmann, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1443455 on 2020-07-12

• BHL bibliography
• Abyssalia sphaerica – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Abyssalia sphaerica.
• ION

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