Iridia
Genus of foraminifera
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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  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Monothalamea |
| Order: | Astrorhizida |
| Family: | Saccamminidae |
| Subfamily: | Tholosininae |
| Genus: | Iridia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Iridia diaphana Heron-Allen & Earland, 1914 | |
| Species | |
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