Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

 

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:

 Murray, John W., 2003: An illustrated guide to the benthic foraminifera of the Hebridean shelf, west of Scotland, with notes on their mode of life. Palaeontologia Electronica, 5, (2), 
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/h 31 pp. Plate 4, Fig. 7