WoRMS taxon details
Sphairogullmia Nyholm, 1974
111998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111998)
accepted
Genus
Sphairogullmia aurea Nyholm, 1974 (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Nyholm, K. G. (1974). New monothalamous foraminifera. <em>Zoon.</em> 2:117-122.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sphairogullmia Nyholm, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111998 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Nyholm, K. G. (1974). New monothalamous foraminifera. <em>Zoon.</em> 2:117-122.
page(s): p. 119 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p. 119 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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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 a single globular to ovoid chamber, 0.25 mm to 1.0 mm in length, breadth 0.3 mm to 0.5 mm, and globular specimens may attain a diameter of 0.5 mm; wall proteinaceous, flexible, yellowish, glossy, semitransparent, appearing granular due to the presence of dense particles, including mica flakes, but lacking harder foreign bodies such as quartz grains; aperture circular, produced on a tubular neck, somewhat excentric in position; one or two nuclei; asexual reproduction by multiple fission; sexual reproduction not known. Marine, on soft muddy bottoms at 100 m to 118 m. Holocene; Sweden: Gullmar Fjord. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
