dcsimg

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Test free, large, up to 15 mm in length, with elongate tubular branching arms, up to 0.8 mm in diameter, radiating in every direction and tapering gradually to the extremities; no enlarged central area or chamber present; wall with thin proteinaceous inner lining covered with fine mud, inner cavity about one-half the outer diameter of the test; apertures at the tips of the arms. Holocene; Norway. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification)

Reference

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.

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