Catalog entries: Nonionina pelagica, Hastigerina parapelagica
Type images:Distinguishing features: monospecific
NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
Morphology: Test large, planispiral, involute, biumbilicate; chambers subglobular to ovate, regularly increasing in size, 5 to 6 in the final whorl; sutures depressed , surface smooth with large and more closely arranged pores, large massive triradiate spines irregularly distributed (PI. 61, Fig. 1) over the surface; aperture interiomarginal, a wide equatorial arch bordered by a thin lip. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Size: >250µm
Character matrix
test outline: | Stellate | chamber arrangement: | Planispiral | edge view: | Hourglass | aperture: | Equatorial |
sp chamber shape: | Elongate | coiling axis: | Very low | periphery: | N/A | aperture border: | Thin lip |
umb chbr shape: | Elongate | umbilicus: | Narrow | periph margin shape: | Broadly rounded | accessory apertures: | None |
spiral sutures: | Moderately depressed | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Smooth | shell porosity: | Macroperforate: >2.5µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Strongly depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 5.0-6.0 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
In modern oceans a rare, temperate water, species [SCOR WG138]
Geographic distribution: Tropical to temperate. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983]
Phylogenetic relations: Studies by Bé (1969), Hemleben (1969), and Walker and Vilks (1973) have revealed that H. pelagica is characterized by spines that are consistently triradiate throughout their length. [Kennett & Srinivasan 1983] Molecular Genotypes recognised (data from PFR2 database, June 2017. References: Ujiié & Lipps 2009; Seears et al. 2012; Weiner et al. 2012. The genotypes appear to have broad geographic distribution but to be depth separated, as discussed by Weiner et al. (2012), and summarised in the table.
Most likely ancestor: Globigerinella siphonifera - at confidence level 3 (out of 5). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, fig. 26.
Likely descendants: Orcadia riedeli;
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant Data source: present in the plankton (SCOR WG138)
First occurrence (base): within N17 zone (5.72-8.58Ma, base in Tortonian stage). Data source: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983
Plot of occurrence data:
Primary source for this page: Kennett & Srinivasan 1983, p.242
Bé, A. W. H. (1969). Microstructural evidence of the close affinity of Globigerinella Cushman to Hastigerina Thomson. In, Brönnimann, P. & Renz, H. H. (eds) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Planktonic Microfossils, Geneva, 1967. Geneva 89-91. gs d'Orbigny, A. (1839c). Voyage dans l'Amérique Meridionale: Foraminiferes (tome 5 part 5). Levrault, Strasbourg, France. 5: 1-27. gs Hemleben, C. (1969). Zur morphogenese planktonischer Foraminiferen,. Zitteliana. 1: 91-133. gs Kennett, J. P. & Srinivasan, M. S. (1983). Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. 1-265. gs Loeblich, A. & Tappan, H. (1994). Foraminifera of the Sahul shelf and Timor Sea. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication. 31: 1-661. gs V O Saito, T., Thompson, P. R. & Breger, D. (1976). Skeletal ultra-microstructure of some elongate-chambered planktonic foraminifera and related species. In, Takayanagi, Y. & Saito, T. (eds) Progress in Micropaleontology, Special Publication. Micropaleontology Press, The American Museum of Natural History, New York 278-304. gs Seears, H. A., Darling, K. F. & Wade, C. M. (2012). Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(54): 1-15. gs V O Ujiié, Y. & Lipps, J. H. (2009). Cryptic diversity in planktonic foraminifera in the northwest Pacific ocean. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 39: 145-154. gs Walker, D. A. & Vilks, G. (1973). Spinal ultrastructure of the planktonic foraminifers Hastigerina Thomson and Globigerinella. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 3(4): 196-198. gs Weiner, A., Aurahs, R., Kurasawa, A., Kitazato, H. & Kucera, M. (2012). Vertical niche partitioning between cryptic sibling species of a cosmopolitan marine planktonic protist. Molecular Ecology. 21(16): 4063-4073. gsReferences:
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