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Amphicoryna sp.

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View of the upper part of a specimen of Amphicoryna sp.
from 788m depth, Arabian Sea, Oman    recent

The classification is based upon: Loeblich and Tappan, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C. page 410, plate 469 and Meriç Engin et. al., 2005: Significance of rare reproduction occurrences among recent nodosariids and other benthic foraminifera in Anales de Biología 27: 85-100, 2005
differs from Grigelis by lacking long necks between the first chambers and the long spine on the proloculus, a Amphicoryna without costae seems not be described yet.


            Amphicoryna sp., Arabian Sea, Oman