Globothalamea

Class of single-celled organisms

Globothalamea
Temporal range: Devonian? - Recent
Ammonia beccarii
Ammonia beccarii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Pawlowski, Holzmann, & Tyszka, 2013
Orders
  • Textularia (superorder)
    • Lituolida
    • Loftusiida
    • Textulariida
  • Carterinida
  • Robertinida
  • Rotaliida
  • †Fusulinida

Globothalamea[1] comprises a class of multichambered foraminifera based in part on SSU rDNA evidence;[2] the other is Tubothalamea.

Six orders are included, which vary notably in composition, wall structure, and chamber arrangement. The Lituolida, Loftusiida, and Textulariida (as emended) have tests (shells) of agglutinated matter, glued together by various cements, but differ in chamber arrangement, wall structure, and complexity. In contrast the Carterinida, Robertinida and Rotaliida, with buliminids lumped into the Rotaliida, have calcareous tests. Those of rotaliid genera, which vary considerably, are of perforate hyaline (glassy) calcite. in contrast the Carterinida have tests composed of bundled calcite spicules. The Robertida differ in being composed, instead, of aragonite.[3]

Subclass Textulariia

Unassigned

References

  1. ^ World Foraminifera Database, Foraminifera
  2. ^ Pawlowski, Jan; Holzmann, Maria; Tyszka, Jarosław (2013). "New supraordinal classification of Foraminifera: Molecules meet morphology". Marine Micropaleontology. 100: 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.04.002.
  3. ^ Foraminifera genera and their description Archived 2015-11-27 at the Wayback Machine A.R. Loeblich jr & H. Tappan, 1988. e-book.
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Rhizaria classification
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Cryptista
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi)
 Cercozoa 
Reticulofilosa*
Skiomonadea
  • Aquavolonida
  • Tremulida
Granofilosea
Chlorarachneaa
  • Chlorarachnida
  • Minorisida
Monadofilosa
Eoglissa
Metromonadea
  • Metopiida
  • Metromonadida
Helkeseaaf
Ventrifilosa
Sarcomonadea*af
Imbricatea
  • Krakenidaa
  • Spongomonadida
  • Marimonadida
  • Variglissida
Silicofilosea
Thecofilosea
Endomyxa
Marimyxia
Gromiidea
Ascetosporeas
Proteomyxia
   Retaria   
Radiolariah
Sticholonchea
Acantharea
Polycystinea
Foraminiferaa
Monothalamea*
Tubothalamea
Globothalamea
Incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Globothalamea