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Orbulina
universa
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Class:
Rotaliata
Subclass:
Globigerinana
Order:
Globigerinida
Family:
Globigerinidae
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
Gerhard Schmiedl
View of a specimen of
Orbulina universa
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
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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)].
Carnets de Gèologie - Notebooks on Geology, Brest, Book 2010/02 (CG2010_B02). 104 pp. Plate 6, Fig. 000f
dataset number: FEU-1004661
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2021). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2021-01-25.
doi: 10/dt5p