Flexammina islandica ...

• Main Authors: Voltski, Ivan, Pawlowski, Jan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Chromista; Foraminifera; Monothalamea; Flexammina; Flexammina islandica; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6105709; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6105709

Flexammina islandica. sp. nov. (Plate 1, figs A–I) Etymology. The species epithet was given on the basis of the geographical location where the species was encountered for the first time. Type material. The holotype and 8 paratypes were fixed in formalin and deposited in the collection of the Museum of Natural History in Geneva, Switzerland under accession numbers MHNG-INVE-89244 (holotype) and MHNG-INVE-89245, MHNG-INVE-89246 (paratypes). All specimens were collected from the same sampling locality (see ‘Materials and Methods’ for details). Diagnosis. As for genus; this particular species has the ability of attachment to flat surfaces and significant test shape plasticity. Test morphology. Test monothalamous, flexible in shape and able to change its life mode from free to attached one. Free forms are subspherical, oval, or kidney-shaped in outline; their maximal cross-sectional test diameter varies from 165 to 405 µm (n=17), with the widest portion of the test located approximately at mid-level. Free forms ... : Published as part of Voltski, Ivan & Pawlowski, Jan, 2015, Flexammina islandica gen. nov. sp. nov. and some new phylotypes of monothalamous foraminifera from the coast of Iceland, pp. 245-259 in Zootaxa 3964 (2) on pages 247-250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/236970 ...