Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Lituolida  Family: Ammosphaeroidinidae

 

found at 3209 m depth in the upper 0-2cm of the sediment at  SO286 Station 67

RV Sonne cruise SO286, Station 67, 0-2 cm

   Azores   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is photographed by Michael Hesemann and collected by the

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Brady, H. B. (1878). On the reticularian and Radiolarian Rhizopoda (Foraminifera and Polycystina) of the North-Polar Expedition of 1875–76. Annals and magazine of Natural History. (5) 1(6): 425-440.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1023239