Discorboidea
Discorboidea, or Discorbacea in older taxonomies, is a superfamily of foraminifera, (testate protists), with a range extending from the Middle Triassic to the present, characterized by chambers arranged in a low trochospiral; an umbilical or interiomarginal aperture, with or without supplementary apertures; and a wall structure that is optically radial.
4 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Discorbidae
familyDiscorbidae
Rosalinidae
familyRosalinidae
Eponididae
familyEponididae
Cancrisidae
familyCancrisidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 348292.