Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

 

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

 

 

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14903-1 (414m depth)
scale bar 100µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Goes, A., 1894: A Synopsis of the Arctic and Scandinavian recent marine Foraminifera hitherto discovered.  Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar Bandet 25 No. 9  Plate , Fig. 850

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018821