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
Iridia diaphana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Species
  • I. convexa
  • I. diaphana
  • I. lucida
  • I. serialis

References

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  1. ^ Kaminski MA (2014). "The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera". Micropaleontology. 60 (1). The Micropaleontology Project., Inc.: 89–108.
  2. ^ Heron-Allen & Earland (1914). "Iridia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ^ 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.