Gulf of Mexico USA
Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent
View of a specimen of Fursenkoina compressa (Bailey, 1851)
scale bar 50 µm
The identification is based upon:
Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities
of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps,
Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic,
Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 172, Fig. 1