Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Lagenida  Family: Ellipsolagenidae

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

   off West Africa   Mauritania

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman, the specimens were picked by Michael Hesemann and the images are made by

View of a specimen of Fissurina sp. ---

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14910-2 (535m depth)
scale bar 100µm

The identification is based upon: Spezzaferri, S., Ruggeberg, A., Stalder, C., 2015: Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera from Cold-Water Coral Reefs  Cushman Foundation Special Publication 44  Plate 16, Fig. 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018302