Psammosphaera fusca Schulze, 1875
Class: Astrorhizata Subclass: Astrorhizana Order: Astrorhizida Family: Psammosphaeridaefound 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, Senckenberg am Meer
View of a specimen of Psammosphaera fusca Schulze, 1875
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 1, Fig. 6
dataset number: FEU-1017850