Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Suborder Globigerinina > Superfamily Globigerinoidea > Family Globigerinidae > Subfamily Globigerininae > Genus Trilobatus

Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trilobatus*	Spezzaferri, Kucera, Pearson, Wade, Rappo, Poole, Morard & Stalder, 2015	accepted genus name
*Trilobigerina*	Popescu, 1987	synonym

Species group names

*Globigerina sacculifera*	Brady, 1877	synonym
*Globigerinoides sacculifer*	(Brady, 1877)	synonym
*Globigerinoides sacculifera*	(Brady, 1877)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Poole, C. R.; Wade, B. S. (2019). Systematic taxonomy of the Trilobatus sacculifer plexus and descendant Globigerinoidesella fistulosa (planktonic foraminifera). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17(23): 1989-2030.
new combination reference	Spezzaferri, S.; Kucera, M.; Pearson, P. N.; Wade, B. S.; Rappo, S.; Poole, C. R.; Morard, R.; Stalder, C. (2015). Fossil and Genetic Evidence for the Polyphyletic Nature of the Planktonic Foraminifera "Globigerinoides", and Description of the New Genus Trilobatus. PLOS ONE. 10(5): e0128108.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Lombard, F.; Labeyrie, L.; Michel, E.; Bopp, L.; Cortijo, E.; Retailleau, S.; Howa, H.; Jorissen, F. (2011). Modelling planktic foraminifer growth and distribution using an ecophysiological multi-species approach. Biogeosciences. 8(4): 853-873.
ecology source	Spero, H.J. (1987). Symbiosis in the planktonic foraminifer, Orbulina universa, and the isolation of its symbiotic dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium béii Sp. Nov. 1. Journal of Phycology. 23: 307-317.
ecology source	Spindler, M.; Hemleben, C. (1980). Symbionts in planktonic foraminifera (Protozoa). Endocytobiology-endosymbiosis and cell biology. 1:133-140.
ecology source	Faure, E.; Not, F.; Benoiston, A.-S.; Labadie, K.; Bittner, L.; Ayata, S.-D. (2019). Mixotrophic protists display contrasted biogeographies in the global ocean. The ISME Journal. 13(4): 1072-1083.
ecology source	Gast, R.J. & D.A. Caron, 1996. Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates from planktonic foraminifera and radiolaria. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13 9: 1192-1197.
ecology source	Takagi, H.; Kimoto, K.; Fujiki, T.; Saito, H.; Schmidt, C.; Kucera, M.; Moriya, K. (2019). Characterizing photosymbiosis in modern planktonic foraminifera. Biogeosciences. 16(17): 3377-3396.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1026286