Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Protozoa.
Taxonomy
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The Family Globigerinidae is a member of the Superfamily Globigerinacea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Globigerinidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Phylum: Foraminifera
(Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Class: Foraminifera
Lee, 1990
- Order: Globigerinida
Delage & Herouard, 1896
- Superfamily: Globigerinacea
Carpenter et al., 1862
- Family: Globigerinidae Carpenter et al., 1862
- Superfamily: Globigerinacea
Carpenter et al., 1862
- Order: Globigerinida
Delage & Herouard, 1896
- Class: Foraminifera
Lee, 1990
- Phylum: Foraminifera
(Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
The Family Globigerinidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (14): Candorbulina · Cassigerinella · Cassigerinelloita · Globigerina · Globigerinella · Globigerinelloides · Globigerinoides · Globoconella · Globoquadrina · Globoturborotalita · Neoacarinina · Porticulasphaera · Praeorbulina · Sphaeroidinellopsis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 225 species and subspecies in the Family Globigerinidae.
Genera
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Candorbulina
Cassigerinella
Cassigerinelloita
Globigerina
Globigerina is a genus of foraminiferans, including the following species (extinct species marked with an obelisk, ?): [more]
Globigerinella
Globigerinelloides
Globigerinoides
Globoconella
Globoquadrina
Globoturborotalita
Neoacarinina
Porticulasphaera
Praeorbulina
Sphaeroidinellopsis
At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sphaeroidinellopsis.
More info about the Genus Sphaeroidinellopsis may be found here.
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