Moanammina

Moanammina semicircularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monothalamea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Rhizaria Clade: Retaria Phylum: Foraminifera Classis: Monothalamea

Ordo: -
Superfamilia: Xenophyophoroidea
Familia -
Genus: Moanammina
Species: M. semicircularis

Name

Moanammina Gooday & Holzmann in Gooday et al., 2020

ZooBank: 428B45A0-0FD0-4456-ACE1-61523C0BBA3A [nonfunctional]

Type species: Moanammina semicircularis Gooday & Holzmann in Gooday et al., 2020 (type by original designation)

Etymology: From Moana (Hawaiian) meaning ‘a body of open water, in particular the sea’ and also referring to the R/V Kilo Moana, the ship from which the specimen on which this genus is based was collected, combined with άμμοζ (ámmos, Greek) meaning ‘sand’, referring to the agglutinated test. Gender feminine.

References

• Gooday, A.J., Durden, J.M., Holzmann, M., Pawlowski, J., Smith, C.R. 2020. Xenophyophores (Rhizaria, Foraminifera), including four new species and two new genera, from the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone (abyssal equatorial Pacific). European Journal of Protistology. 75: 125715. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125715 Reference page. 

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Links

• Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2020). World Foraminifera Database. Moanammina Gooday and Holzmann, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1443447 on 2020-07-12

• BHL bibliography
• Moanammina – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Moanammina.
• ION

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