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

 

found in waters off  Sitka

Crawfish Inlet, from about 21m waterdepth

   Pacific off Alaska   USA

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is photographed with the SEM VEGA3 TESCAN at Senckenberg am Meer by Michael Hesemann and collected by

 

surface detail

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 McCulloch, I. A., 1977: Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific.  University of Southern California, Los Angeles.  Plate 54, Fig. 21-24

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1023126