Psammosphaera sp.

Row 1, Row 2 specimens 1+4, others: pieces of agglutinated foraminifera

Taxon Profile       recent

found on the ground of the   Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean, Antarctica  during cruise XXII/3 of vessel Polarstern

View of specimens of Psammosphaera sp. (Row 1, Row 2 specimens 1+4) and other agglutinated foraminifera

the specimes were picked and placed by Karl-Otto Bock
and photographed by Matthias Burba,
both AG Mikropaläontologie of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg
Matthias uses a Canon A95, table tripod and Magni Flash from Sebastian Hess

The classification is based upon: Loeblich, A.R., Jr., and Tappan, H., 1988, Foraminiferal genera and their classification.
Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York, Plate 18

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