Foraminifera name details

Asterodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839

Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826

835286  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835286)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Rotaliana (Subclass)
  8. Rotaliida (Order)
  9. Planorbulinoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Planorbulinidae (Family)
  11. Planorbulininae (Subfamily)
  12. Asterodiscus (Genus)
 unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
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  1. Species Asterodiscus forskalii Ehrenberg, 1839 accepted as Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Cushman (1944), Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Asterodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835286 on 2026-04-25
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original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840). Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. <em>Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> [1838]: 59-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29017435
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120, p. 130 [details] 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterodiscus) 
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