Amphistegina lessonii (d'Orbigny, 1843)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Asterigerinida  Family: Amphisteginidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 352   off West Africa   off territorial waters   from 20m 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 Amphistegina lessonii (d'Orbigny, 1843)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 111, Fig. 4