View source for WG138 Taxonomy

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There are approximately ~50 extant planktic foraminifera that can be identified via their morphology, this number however does not include the cryptic diversity. Outlined below are the names of all living species of planktonic foraminifera, including the author, original name and the repository where the type specimen is stored. Follow the links in the image column to a [http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_page=1 gallery] of each individual species and the links in the species name to a taxonomic description. The list will be evolving as the work of the SCOR WG138 progresses, in the mean time there exists several alternative lists of living species planktic foraminifera including [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414700 WoRMS], [http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414700 the World Foraminifera Database (part of WoRMS)] and [http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zsao&id=3&menuentry=groepen Marine Species Identification Portal]. 

SCOR WG138 currently seeks also to establish an internationally recognisable [[media:SCOR_WG138_colour_codes.pdf‎|colour and symbol codes]] for the most abundant species [[media:SCOR WG138 swatches.zip|(Adobe Illustrator swatches]] can be sent on request).


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<table border=1 width="100%">
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<th width="10%">Image</th>
<th width="12%">Species</th>
<th>Author</th>
<th width="16%">First published as</th>
<th>Type specimen</th>
<th>Repository</th>
</tr>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1080 1] </td>
<td><i>Beella digitata</i></td>
<td>(Brady, 1879)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina digitata</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1958.8.18.3</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1075 2] </td>
<td><i>Berggrenia pumilio</i></td>
<td>(Parker, 1962)</td>
<td><i>Globorotalia pumilio</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM MO 638792</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1087 3] </td>
<td><i>Candeina nitida</i></td>
<td>d’Orbigny, 1839</td>
<td><i>Candeina nitida</i></td>
<td>None designated?</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1064 4] </td>
<td><i>Dentigloborotalia anfracta</i></td>
<td>(Parker, 1967)</td>
<td><i>Globorotalia anfracta</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington DC, USNM MO 643076</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1095 5] </td>
<td><i>Gallitellia vivans</i></td>
<td>(Cushman, 1934)</td>
<td><i>Gümbelitria</i> (?) <i>vivans</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM CC 21515</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1076 6] </td>
<td><i>[[WG138:Globigerina_bulloides|Globigerina bulloides]]</i></td>
<td>d’Orbigny, 1826</td>
<td><i>Globigerina bulloides</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN, Nr. 12309</td>
</tr>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1077 7] </td>
<td><i>Globigerina falconensis</i></td>
<td>Blow, 1959</td>
<td><i>Globigerina falconensis</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washingtin, DC, USNM MO 625697</td>
</tr>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1081 8] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinella adamsi</i></td>
<td>(Banner & Blow, 1959)</td>
<td><i>Hastigerina (Bolliela) adamsi</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1958.8.18.1</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1059 9] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinella calida</i></td>
<td>(Parker, 1962)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina calida</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington DC, USNM MO 638685</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1045 10] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinella siphonifera</i></td>
<td>(d´Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina siphonifera</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN</td>
</tr>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1037 11] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinita glutinata</i></td>
<td>(Egger, 1893)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina glutinata</i></td>
<td>None designated?</td>
<td>? Berlin</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1089 12] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinita minuta</i></td>
<td>(Natland, 1938)</td>
<td><i>Globigerinoides minuta</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM PP 22561</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1088 13] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinita uvula</i></td>
<td>(Ehrenberg, 1862)</td>
<td><i>Pylodexia uvula</i></td>
<td>None formally designated</td>
<td>Berlin,  Museum für Naturkunde</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1043 14] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinoides conglobatus</i></td>
<td>(Brady, 1879)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina conglobata</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1959.4.13.7</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1078 15] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinoides elongatus</i></td>
<td>(d´Orbigny, 1826)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina elongata</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN, number not given</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1054 16] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinoides ruber</i></td>
<td>(d’Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina rubra</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN, Nr. IV.12.14</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1029 17] </td>
<td><i>Globigerinoides sacculifer</i></td>
<td>(Brady, 1877)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina sacculifera</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH P.44033</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1074 18] </td>
<td><i>Globoquadrina conglomerata</i></td>
<td>(Schwager, 1866)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina conglomerata</i></td>
<td>Neotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH P.44031</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1065 19] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia cavernula</i></td>
<td>Bé, 1967</td>
<td><i>Globorotalia cavernula</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington DC, USNM MO 686929</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1061 20] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia crassaformis</i></td>
<td>(Galloway & Wissler, 1927)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina crassaformis</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>New York, Columbia University paleontological collections nr. 19816</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1066 21] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia crassula</i></td>
<td>Cushman & Stewart, 1930</td>
<td><i>Globorotalia crassula</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM CC 12459</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1067 22] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia hirsuta</i></td>
<td>(d’Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Rotalina hirsuta</i></td>
<td>Neotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1968.3.27.1</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1068 23] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia inflata</i></td>
<td>(d’Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina inflata</i></td>
<td>Neotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1966.2.3.23</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1031 24] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia menardii</i></td>
<td>(Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865 after d'Orbigny, 1826 nomen nudum)</td>
<td><i>Rotalia menardii</i></td>
<td>Lectotype supressed in favor of a Neotype</td>
<td>Lectotype: London, BMNH 1959.7.27.3; neotype: Washington, DC, USNM PAL 245371</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1052 25] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia scitula</i></td>
<td>(Brady, 1882)</td>
<td><i>Pulvinulina scitula</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1959.6.25.1</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1072 26] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia theyeri</i></td>
<td>Fleisher, 1974 </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia (Hirsutella) theyeri</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM PAL 211460</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1069 27] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia truncatulinoides</i></td>
<td>(d’Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Rotalina truncatulinoides</i></td>
<td>Neotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1968.3.27.2</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1070 28] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia tumida</i></td>
<td>(Brady, 1877)</td>
<td><i>Pulvinulina menardii</i> var. <i>tumida</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH P.44034</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1071 29] </td>
<td><i>Globorotalia ungulata</i></td>
<td>Bermúdez, 1961</td>
<td><i>Globorotalia ungulata</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM MO 639053</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1035 30] </td>
<td><i>Globorotaloides hexagonus</i></td>
<td>(Natland, 1938)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina hexagona</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM PP 22560</td>
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<td> [http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1035 31] </td>
<td><i>Globorotaloides</i> sp.</td>
<td>ongoing taxonomic revision </td>
<td>NA</td>
<td>NA</td>
<td>NA</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1050 32] </td>
<td><i>Globoturborotalita rubescens</i></td>
<td>(Hofker, 1956)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina rubescens</i></td>
<td>None designated</td>
<td>Depository of original material UNKNOWN</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1041 33] </td>
<td><i>Globoturborotalita tenella</i></td>
<td>(Parker, 1958)</td>
<td><i>Globigerinoides tenellus</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM PR 6129</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1093 34] </td>
<td><i>Hastigerina pelagica</i></td>
<td>(d'Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Nonionina pelagica</i></td>
<td>Neotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH ZF.1562</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1094 35] </td>
<td><i>Hastigerinella digitata</i></td>
<td>(Rhumbler, 1911)</td>
<td><i>Hastigerina digitata</i></td>
<td>None designated?</td>
<td>? Berlin</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1048 36] </td>
<td><i>Neogloboquadrina dutertrei</i></td>
<td>(d’Orbigny, 1839)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina dutertrei</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN, Nr. 84.IV.19.21</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1073 37] </td>
<td><i>Neogloboquadrina incompta</i></td>
<td>(Cifelli, 1961)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina incompta</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM MO 628588</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1047 38] </td>
<td><i>Neogloboquadrina pachyderma</i></td>
<td>(Ehrenberg, 1862)</td>
<td><i>Aristerospira pachyderma</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde, 313-271506, mica 1, blue ring</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1079 39] </td>
<td><i>Orbulina universa</i></td>
<td>d’Orbigny, 1839</td>
<td><i>Orbulina universa</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>Paris, MNHN, d'Orbigny collection nr. 252</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1082 40] </td>
<td><i>Orcadia riedeli</i></td>
<td>(Roegl & Bolli, 1973)</td>
<td><i>Hastigerinella riedeli</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Basel, NHM, C-27164</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1039 41] </td>
<td><i>Pulleniatina obliquiloculata</i></td>
<td>(Parker & Jones, 1862)</td>
<td><i>Pullenia sphaeroides</i> var. <i>obliquiloculata</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH ZF.3583</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1086 42] </td>
<td><i>Sphaeroidinella dehiscens</i></td>
<td>(Parker & Jones, 1865)</td>
<td><i>Sphaeroidina bulloides</i> var. <i>dehiscens</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH ZF.3580</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1091 43] </td>
<td><i>Tenuitella fleisheri</i></td>
<td>Li, 1987 </td>
<td><i>Tenuitella fleisheri</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH P52030</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1090 44] </td>
<td><i>Tenuitella iota</i></td>
<td>(Parker, 1962)</td>
<td><i>Globigerinita iota</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM MO 638893</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1092 45] </td>
<td><i>Tenuitella parkerae</i></td>
<td>(Brönnimann & Resig, 1971)</td>
<td><i>Globorotalia parkerae</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington, DC, USNM PAL 219445</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=password.PasswordEntry&g2_itemId=1084 46] </td>
<td><i>Turborotalita clarkei</i></td>
<td>(Roegl & Bolli, 1973)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina clarkei</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Basel, NHM, C-27174</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1085 47] </td>
<td><i>Turborotalita humilis</i></td>
<td>(Brady, 1884)</td>
<td><i>Truncatulina humilis</i></td>
<td>Lectotype</td>
<td>London, BMNH 1959.10.2.1</td>
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<td>[http://foraminiferaimagedatabase.marum.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1083 48] </td>
<td><i>Turborotalita quinqueloba</i></td>
<td>(Natland, 1938)</td>
<td><i>Globigerina quinqueloba</i></td>
<td>Holotype</td>
<td>Washington DC, USNM PP 22559</td>
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