IRMNG - Difflugia Leclerc, 1815

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Difflugia Leclerc, 1815

IRMNG_ID

1011276 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1011276)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Difflugiidae

Synonymised names

Difflugia Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (alternate representation of...)

alternate representation of authority and/or later usage

Markhamia Haman, 1988 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (proposed as subgenus)

Reticella Ehrenberg, 1872 · unaccepted > junior homonym (erected as subgenus of Difflugia,...)

erected as subgenus of Difflugia, also a junior homonym

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Species Difflugia algaephila Decloitre, 1977
Species Difflugia areolata Ehr.
Species Difflugia corona Wall.
Species Difflugia garmen
Species Difflugia globulus (Ehr.)
Species Difflugia hydrostatica
Species Difflugia lanceolata Pen.
Species Difflugia limnetica
Species Difflugia linearis (Penard, 1890) Gauthier & Lièvre, 1958
Species Difflugia litophila (Penard, 1902) Gauthier-Lièvre & Thomas, 1958
Species Difflugia lucida Penard, 1890
Species Difflugia oblonga Ehrenberg, 1832
Species Difflugia pyriformis
Species Difflugia submarina (Chardez, 1980) Chardez & Thomas, 1980
Species Difflugia subterranea Golemansky, 1970
Species Difflugia urceolata Cart.
Species Difflugia ampulla Ehrenberg, 1840 accepted as Cyphoderia ampulla (Ehrenberg, 1840) Leidy, 1878
Species Difflugia platystoma Penard, 1890 accepted as Centropyxis platystoma (Penard, 1890) Deflandre, 1929

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority also given as Leclerc in Lamarck, 1816 in some sources; Nomenclator Zoologicus gives the authority as Lamarck,...

Taxonomic remark Authority also given as Leclerc in Lamarck, 1816 in some sources; Nomenclator Zoologicus gives the authority as Lamarck, 1816 with original publication details An. s. Vert., 2, 95 (unclear which is correct at this time). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Difflugia Leclerc, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1011276 on 2026-09-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record SN2000/Meisterfeld, 2000[2002] [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Meisterfeld, 2000[2002] [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Reticella Ehrenberg, 1872) Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Phys., 1871
page(s): 247 [details]

original description (of Markhamia Haman, 1988) Haman, B. (1988). Annotated lexicon of testate lobosid and filosid amoebean genera, subgenera and type species (Sarcodina: Protozoa: 'thecamoebians'). <em>Revista Española de Micropaleontología.</em> 20(2): 205-244.
page(s): 218 [details]

original description (of Difflugia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des characteres essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie). Tome 2. pp. 1–568. Paris: Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 95 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

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To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Markhamia Haman, 1988)
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