WoRMS taxon details
Psammonyx Döderlein, 1892
737404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737404)
accepted
Genus
Psammonyx vulcanicus Döderlein, 1892 (type by original designation)
Arpsammonyxum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Döderlein, L. (1892). "Demonstrationen". <em>Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig.</em> 2: 143-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47267170
page(s): p. 146 [details]
page(s): p. 146 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Psammonyx Döderlein, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737404 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Döderlein, L. (1892). "Demonstrationen". <em>Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig.</em> 2: 143-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47267170
page(s): p. 146 [details]
original description (of Arpsammonyxum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
page(s): p. 146 [details]
original description (of Arpsammonyxum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test with rounded proloculus followed by rapidly expanding tubular second chamber that may be arcuate or loosely planispirally coiled and tending to uncoil, strongly compressed laterally; wall of agglutinated sponge spicule fragments, quartz grains and volcanic ash; aperture a slit at the open end of the tubular chamber. Holocene; Pacific Ocean, Japan: Sagami Bay, at 200 m to 400 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
