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

 

found at 3685m depth in the upper 0-2cm of the sediment at station 42 of  SO286 WA 52-39

RV Sonne cruise SO286, Working Area 52-39, Station 42, 0-2cm

   NACES MPA   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is photographed by Michael Hesemann and collected by the

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. A. Pichler, Wien. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1022021