WoRMS taxon details
Spiculosiphon oceana Maldonado, López-Acosta, Sitjà, Aguilar, García & Vacelet, 2013
833502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833502)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Maldonado, M.; López-Acosta, M.; Sitjà, C.; Aguilar, R.; García, S.; Vacelet, J. (2013). A giant foraminifer that converges to the feeding strategy of carnivorous sponges: <i>Spiculosiphon oceana</i> sp. nov. (Foraminifera, Astrorhizida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3669(4): 571., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3669.4.9 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Spanish part of the Mediterranean Sea -...
type locality contained in Spanish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin [details]
Etymology Maldonado et al. (2013, p. 573): "The species name "oceana" is to honor the non-profit organization for ocean conservation...
Etymology Maldonado et al. (2013, p. 573): "The species name "oceana" is to honor the non-profit organization for ocean conservation OCEANA, which was responsible for the field collection of the type material." [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Spiculosiphon oceana Maldonado, López-Acosta, Sitjà, Aguilar, García & Vacelet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833502 on 2024-05-21
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Maldonado, M.; López-Acosta, M.; Sitjà, C.; Aguilar, R.; García, S.; Vacelet, J. (2013). A giant foraminifer that converges to the feeding strategy of carnivorous sponges: <i>Spiculosiphon oceana</i> sp. nov. (Foraminifera, Astrorhizida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3669(4): 571., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3669.4.9 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Maldonado et al. (2013, p. 573): "The species name "oceana" is to honor the non-profit organization for ocean conservation OCEANA, which was responsible for the field collection of the type material." [details]
