Pelosina rotundata Brady, 1879       

Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Astrorhizidae
Taxon Profile

found at Porcupine Station 23   west of Ireland   off territorial waters   from 1152m depth

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission.
© Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org.

HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Pelosina rotundata Brady, 1879


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 25, Fig. 18