Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Rosalinidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

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

   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

 

 

scale bar 20µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Beuck, L., Lopez, C.M, Freiwald, A., 2008: Biogeographical distribution of Hyrrokkin (Rosalinidae, Foraminifera) and its host-specific morphological and textural trace variability.  Wisshak M, Tapanila L (eds) Current developments in bioerosion. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 329 to 360   Plate n.a., Fig. 7 C-N

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018826