Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata > Subclass Hormosinana > Suborder Hormosinina > Superfamily Hormosinoidea > Family Reophacidae > Genus Reophax

Reophax scorpiurus Montfort, 1808

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Reophax*	Montfort, 1808	accepted genus name
*Lituola (Reophax)*	Brady, 1881	synonym
*Proteonina*	Williamson, 1858	synonym

Literature

original description	Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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. Deep-Sea Research II. 51: 1571-1602.
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	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. Chemistry and Ecology. 20(sup1): S117-S129.
additional source	Majewski W. (2005). Benthic foraminiferal communities: distribution and ecology in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica. Polish Polar Research. 26, 3, 159-214 pp.
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). Bulletin British Museum natural History (Zoology). 39: 259-272.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Reophax scorpiurus Montfort, 1808. 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:114016