Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria

Foraminifera d'Orbigny, 1826

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Phylum group names

Foraminiferida synonym
Granuloreticulosa Saedeleer, 1934 synonym

Children

Foraminifera incertae sedis
Globothalamea Pawlowski, Holzmann & Tyszka, 2013
Monothalamea Haeckel, 1862 (as emended by Pawlowski et al., 2013)
Nodosariata Mikhalevich, 1993 emend. Rigaud et al., 2015
Tubothalamea Pawlowski, Holzmann & Tyszka, 2013

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: gaatjesdragers
 English: foraminiferans; forams; hole bearers sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Foraminiferen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Japanese: 有孔虫

Literature

original description

Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314.

basis of record

Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Foraminifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1410

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2020-05-06 by François Le Coze

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