Orbulina universa (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Globigerinana Order: Globigerinida Family: GlobigerinidaeTaxon Profile
found at Muertos Trough Caribbean off territorial waters from 1815m depth
obtained during R/V Meteor cruise M35/1
Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent
the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the
Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg
concentrated raw material provided by Prof. G. Schmiedl
View of a specimen of Orbulina universa (d'Orbigny, 1839)
see surface details
The identification is based upon:
Bellier J.-P., Mathieu R. and Granier B., 2010: Short Treatise on Foraminiferology (Essential on modern and fossil Foraminifera) [Court traitè de foraminifèrologie (L'essentiel sur les foraminifères actuels et fossiles)]. in Carnets de Gèologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Book 2010/02 (CG2010_B02). 104 pp. Plate 6, Fig. 000f
dataset number: FEU-1004661