WoRMS taxon details
Amphistegina radiata (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
478866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478866)
accepted
Species
Amphistegina quoii d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted (Original misspelling Species...)
Original misspelling Species dedicated to Quoy
Amphistegina quoyi d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Larsen (1976), Rögl and Hansen (1984), Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
Nautilus radiatus Fichtel & Moll, 1798 · unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described...)
foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus
- Variety Amphistegina radiata var. papillosa Said, 1949 accepted as Amphistegina papillosa Said, 1949
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nautilus radiatus Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L. v.; Moll, J. P. C. (1798). Testacea microscopica, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <em>A. Pichler, Wien.</em> xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Amphistegina radiata (Fichtel & Moll, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478866 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nautilus radiatus Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L. v.; Moll, J. P. C. (1798). Testacea microscopica, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <em>A. Pichler, Wien.</em> xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary [details]
original description (of Amphistegina quoii d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 304 n° 1 pl. 17 fig. 1-4; note: No reference to the figures in the text. The figures are erroneously stated to be A. lessonii in the text but correctly indicated in the plates. [details]
basis of record Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. <em>Oxford University Press.</em> 149 p. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Amphistegina quoii d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 304 n° 1 pl. 17 fig. 1-4; note: No reference to the figures in the text. The figures are erroneously stated to be A. lessonii in the text but correctly indicated in the plates. [details]
basis of record Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. <em>Oxford University Press.</em> 149 p. [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Larsen, A. R. (1976). Studies of Recent Amphistegina, Taxonomy and some Ecological Aspects. <em>Israel Journal of Earth-Sciences.</em> 25: 1-26.
page(s): pl. 5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): pl. 5 [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Yim, W. W.-S.; He, X.-X. (1988). Holocene foraminifera in Hong Kong and their palaeoenvironmental significance. <em>In: The palaeoenvironment of east asia from the mid-tertiary, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia, Vol. II: Oceanography, Palaeozoology and Palaeoanthropology (eds. Whyte, P. Aigner, J.S., Jablonski, N.G., Taylor, G., Walker, D., Pinxian, W. & So, C.-L.), Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.</em> 787-809. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Ecology Epifaunal, mainly on hard substrates but sometimes on sediment; below fair-weather wave base, 20–90 m; Indo-Pacific. [details]
