Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Cibicididae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14852-1 (1310m depth)

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman, the specimens were picked by Michael Hesemann and the images are made by

 

 

scale bar 100µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Spezzaferri, S., Ruggeberg, A., Stalder, C., 2015: Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera from Cold-Water Coral Reefs  Cushman Foundation Special Publication 44  Plate 30, Fig. 2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018428