Iridia is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily Tholosininae.[1] It contains four species.[2] The first species, I. diaphana, was discovered in the Querimba archipelago by scientists Edward Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland, who first described the genus in 1914.[3]
| Iridia | |
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| Iridia diaphana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Monothalamea |
| Order: | Astrorhizida |
| Suborder: | Saccamminina |
| Superfamily: | Saccamminoidea |
| Family: | Saccamminidae |
| Subfamily: | Tholosininae |
| Genus: | Iridia Heron-Allen & Earland (1914) |
| Type species | |
| Iridia diaphana Heron-Allen & Earland (1914)
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References
edit- ^ Kaminski MA (2014). "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology. 60 (1). The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.: 89–108.
- ^ Heron-Allen & Earland (1914). "Iridia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Heron-Allen E, Earland A (1914). "The Foraminifera of the Kerimba Archipelago (Portuguese East Africa) -Part I". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 20 (12): 363–390.