Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Suborder Globigerinina > Superfamily Globigerinoidea > Family Globigerinidae > Subfamily Orbulininae > Genus Orbulina

Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Orbulina*	d'Orbigny, 1839	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Globigerina bilobata*	d'Orbigny, 1846	synonym
*Orbulina bilobata*	(d'Orbigny, 1846)	synonym

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères des îles Canaries. Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. 2(2): 120-146.
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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
ecology source	Spindler, M.; Hemleben, C. (1980). Symbionts in planktonic foraminifera (Protozoa). Endocytobiology-endosymbiosis and cell biology. 1:133-140.
ecology source	Swanberg, N. R.; Caron, D. A. (1991). Patterns of sarcodine feeding in epipelagic oceanic plankton. Journal of Plankton Research. 13(2): 287-312.
ecology source	Gastrich, M.D. (1987). Ultrastructure of a new intracellular symbiotic alga found within planktonic foraminifera. Journal of Phycology. 23:623-632.
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20170664.
ecology source	Takagi, H.; Kimoto, K.; Fujiki, T.; Saito, H.; Schmidt, C.; Kucera, M.; Moriya, K. (2019). Characterizing photosymbiosis in modern planktonic foraminifera. Biogeosciences. 16(17): 3377-3396.
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).
ecology source	Gast, R.J. & D.A. Caron, 1996. Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates from planktonic foraminifera and radiolaria. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13 9: 1192-1197.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Orbulina universa 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:113460