Saccorhiza (foraminifera)

This article is about a foraminiferan. For the brown algae, see Saccorhiza (alga).

Saccorhiza
Saccorhiza ramosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Monothalamea
Order:	Astrorhizida
Family:	Hippocrepinidae
Subfamily:	Saccorhizinae
Genus:	Saccorhiza Eimer & Fickert (1899)
Type species
Saccorhiza ramosa (Brady (1879)) Eimer & Fickert (1899)
Species
S. abiagna S. affixa † S. anceps S. atlantica S. attrita S. calcilega S. delicata † S. dimera S. echinata † S. flexiliramosa † S. fragilis S. glabrilocula S. luctuosa S. praealta S. ramosa S. spiculitubula † S. surculus S. zankevichi
Synonyms
Hyperammina (Saccorhiza)Hofker (1972) (subgenus) PseudoschizamminaSaidova (1975)

Saccorhiza is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily Saccorhizinae ^[1] and containing 18 species. Its type species was discovered by H.B. Brady and described as Hyperammina ramosa in 1879, but was later separated into its own genus in 1899. ^[2]

References

1. Kaminski MA (2014). "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology. 60 (1). The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.: 89–108.
2. Eimer & Fickert (1899). "Saccorhiza". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 6 October 2022.