Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort, 1808
Class: Nodosariata Subclass: Hormosinana Order: Hormosinida Family: Hormosinidaefound at the bottom (123m depth) of the Gulf of Taranto Mediterranean Sea Italy
Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent
the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the
Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg
raw material from cruise P339 of RV Poseidon, found at 123m depth
View of a specimen of Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort, 1808
The identification is based upon:
Kaminski, M.A. and Cetean, C.G., 2011: Lectotypes of type species of agglutinated foraminiferal genera in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Part 2. Hippocrepinina and Hormosinina in
Kaminski, M.A. and Filipescu, S.; Eds., Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, 61-69. Krakow: Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16. Plate 2, Fig. 23
dataset number: FEU-1001705