Ammonia tepida

Ammonia tepida
Temporal range: Cretaceous to recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Ammoniidae
Genus: Ammonia
Species:
A. tepida
Binomial name
Ammonia tepida
Cushman, 1926
Synonyms[1]
  • Ammonia beccarii var. tepida Cushman, 1926
  • Rotalia beccarii var. tepida Cushman, 1926
  • Streblus beccarii var. tepida (Cushman, 1926)

Ammonia tepida is a benthic foraminifer living in the sediment of brackish waters. It is very similar to Ammonia beccarii, but the latter lives on the surface of red algae.[2] Once considered a globally widespread taxon, a recent genetic and morphological study has revealed that many of what were once considered members of A. tepida in fact represent other species of Ammonia, primarily Ammonia veneta, with true specimens of A. tepida only being found in Atlantic waters, off the coast of the Americas.[3]

  1. ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926)".
  2. ^ Debenay, Jean-Pierre; Bénéteau, Eric; Zhang, Jijun; Stouff, Véronique; Geslin, Emmanuelle; Redois, Fabrice; Fernandez-Gonzalez, Marialsira (1998). "Ammonia beccarii and Ammonia tepida (Foraminifera): morphofunctional arguments for their distinction". Marine Micropaleontology. 34 (3–4): 235–244. Bibcode:1998MarMP..34..235D. doi:10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00010-3. ISSN 0377-8398.
  3. ^ Hayward, B.W.; Holzmann, M; Pawlowski, J; Parker, J.H.; Kaushik, T; Toyofuku, M.S.; Tsuchiya, M (2021). "'Molecular and morphological taxonomy of living Ammonia and related taxa (Foraminifera) and their biogeography". Micropaleontology. 67 (2–3): 109–313. doi:10.47894/mpal.67.2-3.01 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 0377-8398.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)