Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Hormosinana  Order: Hormosinida  Family: Reophacidae

 

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:

 Cushman, J., A., 1920: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 2. Lituolidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 5, Fig. 1

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021859