Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Asterigerinoidea > Family Amphisteginidae > Genus Amphistegina

Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny, 1839

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphistegina*	d'Orbigny, 1826	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. A. Bertrand. 1-224.
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
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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129.
ecology source	Lee, J. J.; Morales, J.; Symons, A.; Hallock, P. (1995). Diatom symbionts in larger foraminifera from Caribbean hosts. Marine Micropaleontology. 26(1-4): 99-105.
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. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
identification resource	Hallock, P.; Talge, H. K.; Cockey, E. M.; Muller, R. G. (1995). A new disease in reef-dwelling foraminifera - implications for coastal sedimentation. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 25: 280-286.
identification resource	Stuhr, M.; Meyer, A.; Reymond, C. E.; Narayan, G. R.; Rieder, V.; Rahnenführer, J.; Kucera, M.; Westphal, H.; Muhando, C. A.; Hallock, P. (2018). Variable thermal stress tolerance of the reef-associated symbiont-bearing foraminifera Amphistegina linked to differences in symbiont type. Coral Reefs. 37(3): 811-824.
identification resource	Stuhr, M.; Reymond, C. E.; Rieder, V.; Hallock, P.; Rahnenführer, J.; Westphal, H.; Kucera, M. (2017). Reef calcifiers are adapted to episodic heat stress but vulnerable to sustained warming. PLOS ONE. 12(7): e0179753.
identification resource	Méndez-Ferrer, N.; Hallock, P. ; Jones, D. L. (2018). Photochemical Efficiencies of Diatom Symbionts in Hospite in Amphistegina Gibbosa (foraminifera) Across Seasons in the Florida Keys, Usa. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 48 (1): 4-16.
identification resource	Ross, B. J.; Hallock, P. (2019). Survival and recovery of the foraminifer Amphistegina gibbosa and associated diatom endosymbionts following up to 20 months in aphotic conditions. Marine Micropaleontology. 149: 35-43.
identification resource	Ross, B. J.; Hallock, P. (2018). Challenges in using CellTracker Green on foraminifers that host algal endosymbionts. PeerJ. 6: e5304.
identification resource	Toler, S. K.; Hallock, P. (1998). Shell malformation in stressed Amphistegina populations: relation to biomineralization and paleoenvironmental potential. Marine Micropaleontology. 34(1-2): 107-115.
identification resource	Eichler, P.P.B.; Cristiane L. C. de Farias ; Audrey Amorin ; Diogo Santos De Moura ; Allany De Paula Uchoa Andrade ; Janiheryson Felipe De Oliveira Martins ; Helenice Vital ; Moab Praxedes Gomes. (2019). Symbiont-bearing Foraminifera from Reefal Areas: a Case Study from Rio Grande Do Norte (rn, Brazil). The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 49 (2): 131-140.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny, 1839. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112863