Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Discorbinelloidea > Family Pseudoparrellidae > Subfamily Pseudoparrellinae > Genus Epistominella

Epistominella exigua (Brady, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epistominella*	Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pulvinalina exigua*	Brady, 1884	orthographic variant
*Pulvinulina exigua*	Brady, 1884	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Murray, J.W. & Pudsey, C.J. (2004). Living (stained) and dead foraminifera from the newly ice-free Larsen Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea, Antarctica: ecology and taphonomy. Marine Micropaleontology. 53: 67-81.
additional source	Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). Paleopelagos. 5: 201-214.
additional source	Cornelius, N.; Gooday, A. J. (2004). ‘Live'(stained) deep-sea benthic foraminiferans in the western Weddell Sea: trends in abundance, diversity, and taxonomic composition along a depth transect. Deep-Sea Research II. 51: 1571-1602.
additional source	Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129.
new combination reference	McDougall, K. (1985). Miocene to Pleistocene Benthic Foraminifers and Paleoceanography of the Middle America Slope, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 84. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, 84. 9: 363-418.
new combination reference	Barker, R. W. (1960). Taxonomic notes on the species figured by H.B. Brady in his report of the foraminifera dredged by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. SEPM Special Publication. 9: 1-238.
identification resource	Holbourn, A.E.; Henderson, A.S. 2002. Re-illustration and Revised Taxonomy for Selected Deep-sea Benthic Foraminifers. Palaeontologia Electronica 4: 34.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Epistominella exigua (Brady, 1884). 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:113334