Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Rhabdamminidae

 

found at  Reykjanes Ridge

   South of Iceland   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

The specimen is picked and the image is made by Dieter Ketelsen.

The raw material was collected during IceAGE RR cruise MSM75 at St. 35 (1183-1198m depth).
It was provided by K. Jesulke and Dr. J. Taylor from the DZMB,

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1918: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 1. Astrorhizidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 7, Fig. 4,5

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1017855