Foraminifera, South West Indian Ocean

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

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

redrawn from Jayaraju et al., 2010

sorted by genus, species sorted by morphology

Marginopora
vertebralis

Borelis
schlumbergeri

Quinqueloculina
parkeri

Astrononion
umbilicatulum

Heterostegina
depressa

Laticarinina
pauperata

Cibicidoides
wuellerstorfi

Epistominella
exigua

Textularia sp.	Sorites marginalis	Marginopora vertebralis	Borelis schlumbergeri	Quinqueloculina parkeri	Oolina apiculata	Lagena demorpha

Elphidium crispum	Astrononion umbilicatulum	Astrononion umbilicatulum	Heterostegina depressa	Spirillina decorata	Laticarinina pauperata	Ammonia jorisseni

Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi	Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi	Epistominella exigua	Gyroidina sp.	Gyroidina sp.	Eponides repandus