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Saccorhiza (foraminifera)

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Saccorhiza
Saccorhiza ramosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Tubothalamea
Order: Ammodiscida
Suborder: Hippocrepinina
Family: Hippocrepinidae
Subfamily: Saccorhizinae
Genus: Saccorhiza
Eimer & Fickert (1899)
Type species
Saccorhiza ramosa
(Brady (1879)) Eimer & Fickert (1899)
Species
Synonyms
  • Hyperammina (Saccorhiza) Hofker (1972) (subgenus)
  • Pseudoschizammina Saidova (1975)

Saccorhiza is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily Saccorhizinae[1] and containing 18 species. Its type species was discovered by H.B. Brady and described as Hyperammina ramosa in 1879, but was later separated into its own genus in 1899.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kaminski MA (2014). "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology. 60 (1). The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.: 89–108.
  2. ^ Eimer & Fickert (1899). "Saccorhiza". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2022.