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

 

found in waters off  Sitka

Crawfish Inlet, from about 21m waterdepth

   Pacific off Alaska   USA

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is photographed by Michael Hesemann and collected by

 

 

with bioerosional traces of boring and grazing organisms

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : TODD, R. & D. LOW - Recent foraminifera from the Gulf of Alaska and southeastern Alaska. 1967. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 573-A.    Plate 5, Fig. 4

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021501