Elphidium maorium Hayward, 1997
Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Elphidiida Family: Elphidiidaefound on the Mauritanian Slope 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 Senckenberg am Meer
View of a specimen of Elphidium maorium Hayward, 1997
RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14865-1 (1119m depth)
The identification is based upon:
Hayward, B., W., Hollis, C., Grenfell., H., 1997: Recent Elphidiidae (Foraminiferida) of the south-west Pacific and fosssil Elphidiidae of New Zealand New Zealand Geol. Surv. Paleontol. Bull., 72, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences monograph 166 pp. Plate 4, Fig. 11,12
dataset number: FEU-1018788