Fissurina formosa (Schwager, 1866)       

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

found at Challenger Station 283   New Zealand and off   off territorial waters   from 3795m 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 Fissurina formosa (Schwager, 1866)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 60, Fig. 18