Biology:Orcadia (protist)

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Short description: Genus of shelled amoebae

Orcadia
Temporal range: PleistocenePresent,
2.59–0 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Globigerinida
Family: Globigerinellidae
Genus: Orcadia
Boltovskoy & Watanabe 1982
Type species
Hastigerinella riedeli
Rögl & Bolli 1973

Orcadia is a monotypic genus of planktonic foraminifera belonging to the order Globigerinida. The phylogenetic position of this genus remains enigmatic; it was originally assigned to the family Hastigerinidae,[1] but was later moved to Globigerinellidae.[2]

Description

Orcadia includes species characterized by a low trochospiral and thin test; an interiomarginal, extraumbilical to umbilical aperture with a rounded lip; and triangular spines located in the distal areas of the test chambers.[3]

References

  1. "Taxonomic review of living planktonic foraminifera". Journal of Micropalaeontology 41: 29-74. 2022. doi:10.5194/jm-41-29-2022. 
  2. "An updated suprageneric classification of planktic foraminifera after growing evidence of multiple benthic-planktic transitions". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology (Sociedad Española de Paleontología) 37 (1): 1–34. 2022. doi:10.7203/sjp.22189. ISSN 2255-0550. 
  3. "An emendation of the genera Beella Banner and Blow, 1960, and Turborotalita Blow and Banner, 1962; with notes on Orcadia Boltovskoy and Watanabe, 1982". Journal of Foraminiferal Research 14 (2): 101-110. 1984. doi:10.2113/gsjfr.14.2.101. 

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