Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Monothalamea > Order Astrorhizida > Suborder Saccamminina > Superfamily Saccamminoidea > Family Saccamminidae > Subfamily Thurammininae > Genus Astrammina

Astrammina rara Rhumbler, 1931

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astrammina*	Rhumbler, 1931	accepted genus name
*Armorella*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	synonym
*Pelosphaera*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	synonym

Species group names

*Pelosphaera cornutua*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	orthographic variant
*Armorella sphaerica*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	synonym
*Pelosphaera cornuta*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	synonym

Literature

original description	Wiesner, H. (1931). Die Foraminiferen der deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Berlin (Zoology). 20: 53-165.
basis of record	Bowser, S. S.; Gooday, A. J.; Alexander, S. P.; Bernhard, J. M. (1995). Larger agglutinated foraminifera of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Are Astrammina rara and Notodendrodes antarctikos allogromiids incognito. Marine Micropaleontology. 26: 75-88.
additional source	Rivkin R.B. & De Laca T.E. (1990). Trophic dynamics in antarctic benthic communities. I. In situ ingestion of microalgae by Foraminifera and metazoan meiofauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 64, 1-2, 129-136.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Gooday, A. J.; Bowser, S. S.; Bernhard, J. M. (1996). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: A shallow-water site with deep-sea characteristics. Progress in Oceanography. 37(2): 117-166.
additional source	Pawlowski J., Fahrni J.F., Brykczynska U., Habura A. & Bowser S.S. (2002). Molecular data reveal high taxonomic diversity of allogromiid Foraminifera in Explorers Cove (McMurdo Sound, Antarctica). Polar Biology, 25, 2, pp. 96-105.
additional source	DeLaca, T. E. (1986). The morphology and ecology of Astrammina rara. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 16(3): 216-223.
additional source	Habura, A.; Pawlowski, J.; Hanes, S. D.; Bowser, S. S. (2004). Unexpected Foraminiferal Diversity Revealed by Small-subunit rDNA Analysis of Antarctic Sediment. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51(2): 173-179.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Astrammina rara Rhumbler, 1931. 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:413538