taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CC87F9B0757A63BFD5D9A9DC35FE73.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Body lumpy, branched or flattened, sometimes with basal root-like structures. More or less firmly cemented xenophyae form outer test layer. Interior consists of loose accumulation of xenophyae with granellare and stercomare (modified after Tendal, 1972 and Gooday, 1991). GALATHEAMMINA INTERSTINCTA GOODAY &	en	Gooday, Andrew J., Holzmann, Maria, Goineau, Aurélie, Pearce, Richard B., Voltski, Ivan, Weber, Alexandra A. - T., Pawlowski, Jan (2018): Five new species and two new genera of xenophyophores (Foraminifera: Rhizaria) from part of the abyssal equatorial Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 723-748
03CC87F9B0787A6EBCA5DB24DC0DFBB8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Test attached, consisting of one layer of agglutinated particles covering the stercomare and granellare, which lie directly adjacent to the substrate (modified from Tendal, 1975). SEMIPSAMMINA MATTAEFORMIS GOODAY &	en	Gooday, Andrew J., Holzmann, Maria, Goineau, Aurélie, Pearce, Richard B., Voltski, Ivan, Weber, Alexandra A. - T., Pawlowski, Jan (2018): Five new species and two new genera of xenophyophores (Foraminifera: Rhizaria) from part of the abyssal equatorial Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 723-748
03CC87F9B07D7A6BBFFCDB6BDCCAFC77.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Test free, forming network of fragile agglutinated tubes lying in single plane with open spaces typically 3 – 5 mm in maximum dimension. Xenophyae comprising mainly radiolarian and diatom fragments on test exterior with smaller mineral grains forming relatively smooth inner surface without ridges. No internal xenophyae. Test interior occupied by 1 – 2 stercomare branches and a single pale granellare strand. Etymology: Named in honour of Ole Secher Tendal, whose landmark 1972 monograph and subsequent publications rescued xenophyophores from obscurity and led directly to our present appreciation of their importance in deep-sea benthic communities. Remarks: Tubular pieces of the test of Tendalia resemble fragments of the genus Syringammina, which Tendal (1972: 34) described as being ‘ made of numerous radiating tubes that are connected by side branches’. The new genus is very fragile and known only from fragments in which the tubes lie in a single plane. Since the fragments originate from two cores and were only discovered when the sediment was sieved, complete tests probably form a single layer that spreads across the sediment, probably just below the surface. Syringammina, on the other hand, has a large (often 5 cm or more in diameter) three-dimensional, typically dome-shaped test that is often clearly visible on the sediment surface in seafloor photographs (Tendal & Lewis, 1978; Bett, 2001). There are no molecular data for the type species (S. fragilissima Brady, 1881), but DNA sequences obtained from S. corbicula (Pawlowski et al., 2003), which is morphologically similar to S. fragilissima, suggest that Syringammina and Tendalia are not closely related (Fig. 3).	en	Gooday, Andrew J., Holzmann, Maria, Goineau, Aurélie, Pearce, Richard B., Voltski, Ivan, Weber, Alexandra A. - T., Pawlowski, Jan (2018): Five new species and two new genera of xenophyophores (Foraminifera: Rhizaria) from part of the abyssal equatorial Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 723-748
03CC87F9B0607A77BC48DC94DBCBFEB1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Test attached, relatively small and dome-like in overall form, comprising complex mass of inter-connecting branches rising up from substrate. Test wall transparent, composed largely of organic material. Interior filled with masses of dark stercomata at base and with pale tuft-like extremities filled with fine sediment particles. Granellare forms narrow branching strands in direct contact with the stercomata masses and visible in places through test wall. Xenophyae sparse, mainly radiolarian shells. Etymology: The name refers to the unusual appearance of this genus. R e m a r k s: A s d i s c u s s e d b e l o w, B i z a r r i a i s distinguished from Cerelasma Haeckel, 1889 by a number of morphological features. Unfortunately, the absence of molecular data for Cerelasma means that the phylogenetic relationship between these two unusual xenophyophore genera is unknown. BIZARRIA BRYIFORMIS GOODAY &	en	Gooday, Andrew J., Holzmann, Maria, Goineau, Aurélie, Pearce, Richard B., Voltski, Ivan, Weber, Alexandra A. - T., Pawlowski, Jan (2018): Five new species and two new genera of xenophyophores (Foraminifera: Rhizaria) from part of the abyssal equatorial Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 723-748
