WoRMS taxon details
Septuma Tendal & Hessler, 1977
182880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182880)
accepted
Genus
Septuma ocotillo Tendal & Hessler, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Tendal, O.S.; Hessler, R.R. (1977). An introduction to the biology and systematics of Komokiacea (Textulariina, Foraminiferida). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 14: 165-194., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268274172
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Septuma Tendal & Hessler, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182880 on 2025-05-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Tendal, O.S.; Hessler, R.R. (1977). An introduction to the biology and systematics of Komokiacea (Textulariina, Foraminiferida). <em>Galathea Report.</em> 14: 165-194., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268274172
page(s): p. 179 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details]
page(s): p. 179 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details]
Other
additional source
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Test arborescent to bushy, up to 3 mm across, with sparse, nonanastomosing dichotomously branching tubules of nearly constant diameter throughout, branching primarily occurs near base, interior of tubules with regularly spaced transverse septa, each with a simple circular foramen, terminations rounded; wall flexible but stiff, with thin inner organic layer, and thicker outer layer of agglutinated clay-to silt-sized particles, surface may appear wrinkled, color tan. Holocene; N. Pacific, at 4,360 m to 6,079 m; E. Atlantic, at 3,250 m to 5,300 m; Caribbean at 1,067 m to 5,650 m; W. Indian Ocean, at 4,900 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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