Calcituba polymorpha Green Canyon,USA,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Calcituba polymorpha Roboz, 1884

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

found on the bottom of the Green Canyon

Gulf of Mexico USA

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

View of a specimen of Calcituba polymorpha Roboz, 1884

The identification is based upon:

Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 32, Fig. 1-5

dataset number: FEU-1023578

Citation:
Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 32, Fig 1-5