Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Hormosinana  Order: Hormosinida  Family: Reophacidae

 

found 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

 

 

 

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 
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