Foraminifera taxon details
Nubeculopsis Collins, 1958
492853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492853)
accepted
Genus
Nubeculopsis queenslandica Collins, 1958 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Collins, A. C. (1958). Foraminifera. <em>Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 Scientific Reports.</em> 6: 335-437., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49524015#page/485/
page(s): p. 375 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 375 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Great Barrier Reef
type locality contained in Great Barrier Reef [details]
Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus followed by enrolled arcuate to reniform chambers, two to four per whorl, later chambers...
Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus followed by enrolled arcuate to reniform chambers, two to four per whorl, later chambers tending to uncoil; wall porcelaneous, surface rough; aperture a terminal arch in the early stage, later a broad opening bordered by a lip, occupying the full width of the chambers, the original figures appearing to show teeth projecting into the opening. Holocene; Coral Sea: Great Barrier Reef. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Nubeculopsis Collins, 1958. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492853 on 2026-05-23
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original description
Collins, A. C. (1958). Foraminifera. <em>Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 Scientific Reports.</em> 6: 335-437., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49524015#page/485/
page(s): p. 375 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): p. 375 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus followed by enrolled arcuate to reniform chambers, two to four per whorl, later chambers tending to uncoil; wall porcelaneous, surface rough; aperture a terminal arch in the early stage, later a broad opening bordered by a lip, occupying the full width of the chambers, the original figures appearing to show teeth projecting into the opening. Holocene; Coral Sea: Great Barrier Reef. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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