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Astrorhizidae Brady, 1881 
AphiaID: 111958

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Rhizaria (Infrakingdom) > Foraminifera (Phylum) > Polythalamea (Class) > Astrorhizida (Order) > Astrorhizoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Astrorhizoidea
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Asioli, A. 1995. Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). Paleopelagos 5, 201-214. [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Armorella Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
Genus Astrorhiza Sandahl
Genus Bigenerina d’Orbigny, 1826
Genus Clados Schröder, Medioli & Scott, 1989
Genus Diffusilina Heron-Allen & Earland, 1924
Genus Hippocrepina Parker, 1870
Genus Hippocrepinella Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
Genus Jaculella Brady, 1879
Genus Kerionammina Moreman, 1933 †
Genus Loeblichopsis Hofker, 1969
Genus Pelosina Brady, 1879
Genus Pelosphaera Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
Genus Spiculidendron Richardson & Rützler, 1996
Genus Testulosiphon Avnimelech, 1952
Genus Vanhoeffenella Rhumbler, 1905

Genus Arenistella Fischer, 1875 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl
Genus Astrorhizinella Saidova, 1970 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl
Genus Pelosinella Parr, 1950 accepted as Pelosina Brady, 1879
Genus Rhabdaminella de Folin, 1887 accepted as Marsipella Norman, 1878
Environment marine
Distribution Ross Sea [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Nomenclature: Some authorities put this family in her own ordo Astrorhizida [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111958
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gross, Onno
2009-06-09 13:27:06Z  changed  Gooday, Andrew
2010-03-25 10:31:03Z  changed  Hayward, Bruce
  
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  Citation: Hayward, B.; Gooday, A.; Gross, O. (2013). Astrorhizidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111958 on 2013-05-19
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