Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Test attached, expanded basal area containing ramifying passages that converge to a central cavity, or may grow free from a bulbous early portion, later stage may branch dichotomously, occasionally more than o e tubular portion may arise from a single basal expansion; wall fragile, of fine sand and sponge spicules that are oriented parallel to the sides of the tube and agglutinated on an organic base; apertures are simple terminal openings on the slightly constricted ends of the branches and may be bordered by projecting spicules. Holocene; S. Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification)
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
