WoRMS taxon details
Astrorhizidae Brady, 1881
- Genus Astrorhiza Sandahl, 1858
- Genus Astrorhizoides Shchedrina, 1969
- Genus Clados Schröder, Medioli & Scott, 1989
- Genus Pelosina Brady, 1879
- Genus Radicula Christiansen, 1958
- Genus Testulosiphon Avnimelech, 1952
- Genus Arastrorhizum Rhumbler, 1913 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl, 1858 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Arenistella Fischer, 1875 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl, 1858 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Armorella Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932 accepted as Astrammina Rhumbler, 1931 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Arpelosum Rhumbler, 1913 accepted as Pelosina Brady, 1879 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Astrodiscus Schulze, 1875 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl, 1858 (Junior homonym of Astrodiscus Ludwig, 1866)
- Genus Astrorhizinella Saidova, 1970 accepted as Psammina Haeckel, 1889 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Tendal (1996), Kamenskaya and Saidova (1998))
- Genus Globosiphon Avnimelech, 1952 accepted as Pelosina Brady, 1879
- Genus Haeckelina Bessels, 1875 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl, 1858 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Megamoebomyxa Nyholm, 1950 accepted as Astrorhiza Sandahl, 1858
- Genus Millettina Avnimelech, 1952 accepted as Pelosina Brady, 1879 (Subjectiive junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Pelosinella Parr, 1950 accepted as Pelosina Brady, 1879
- Genus Pelosphaera Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932 accepted as Astrammina Rhumbler, 1931 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725 [details] 
Nomenclature Some authorities put this family in her own ordo Astrorhizida
Nomenclature Some authorities put this family in her own ordo Astrorhizida [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Astrorhizidae Brady, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111958 on 2024-12-07
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Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725 [details]
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]
additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
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]
additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test free or attached, generally large, with two or more branches from a central area; agglutinated wall showing little selectivity and commonly poorly cemented, with a proteinaceous organic lining; apertures at the ends of the arms. M. Ordovician to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
Nomenclature Some authorities put this family in her own ordo Astrorhizida [details]
