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South West Indian Ocean
off territorial waters     5 N, 65 E
/ recent
the images are made by Prof. Addula Nallappa Reddy and are contributed by
Selvin Shyam Paul
ORV Sagar Kanya       recent to Holocene
the specimens were found in five grab samples collected in June 2009 by ORV Sagar Kanya from 3150-4125m depth. Post-mortem transport occured, as some of the shown species do not live in the Deep sea.

Find more details in Nadimikeri Jayaraju et al., 2010: Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminiferal Distribution in South West Indian Ocean: Implications to Paleoecology in International Journal of Geosciences, 2010, 1, 79-86 		      Map of Samples
redrawn from Jayaraju et al., 2010
sorted by genus, species              sorted by morphology
    
Ammonia
jorisseni
Astrononion
umbilicatulum
Astrononion
umbilicatulum
Borelis
schlumbergeri
Cibicidoides
wuellerstorfi
Cibicidoides
wuellerstorfi
Cushmanina
desmophora
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elphidium
crispum
Epistominella
exigua
Eponides
repandus
Gyroidina
sp.
Gyroidina
sp.
Heterostegina
depressa
Laticarinina
pauperata
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marginopora
vertebralis
Quinqueloculina
parkeri
Reussoolina
apiculata
Sorites
marginalis
Spirillina
decorata
Textularia
sp.