saccorhiza (foraminifera) saccorhiza (foraminifera) saccorhiza is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily saccorhizinae and containing 18 species. its type species was discovered by h.b. brady and described as hyperammina ramosa in 1879, but was later separated into its own genus in 1899. saccorhiza saccorhiza ramosa scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: sar phylum: retaria subphylum: ectoreta infraphylum: foraminifera class: tubothalamea order: ammodiscida suborder: hippocrepinina family: hippocrepinidae subfamily: saccorhizinae genus: saccorhizaeimer & fickert (1899) type species saccorhiza ramosa(brady (1879)) eimer & fickert (1899) species s. abiagna s. affixa †s. anceps s. atlantica s. attrita s. calcilega s. delicata †s. dimera s. echinata †s. flexiliramosa †s. fragilis s. glabrilocula s. luctuosa s. praealta s. ramosa s. spiculitubula †s. surculus s. zankevichi synonyms hyperammina (saccorhiza) hofker (1972) (subgenus) pseudoschizammina saidova (1975)