Foraminifera, South West Indian Ocean

South West Indian Ocean

off territorial waters 5 N, 65 E
/ recent
the images are made by Prof. Addula Nallappa Reddy and are contributed by
Selvin Shyam Paul

recent to Holocene
the specimens were found in five grab samples collected in June 2009 by ORV Sagar Kanya from 3150-4125m depth. Post-mortem transport occured, as some of the shown species do not live in the Deep sea.

Find more details in Nadimikeri Jayaraju et al., 2010: Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminiferal Distribution in South West Indian Ocean: Implications to Paleoecology in International Journal of Geosciences, 2010, 1, 79-86

redrawn from Jayaraju et al., 2010

sorted by genus, species sorted by morphology

Astrononion
umbilicatulum

Borelis
schlumbergeri

Cibicidoides
wuellerstorfi

Cushmanina
desmophora

Epistominella
exigua

Heterostegina
depressa

Laticarinina
pauperata

Marginopora
vertebralis

Quinqueloculina
parkeri

Reussoolina
apiculata

Ammonia jorisseni	Astrononion umbilicatulum	Astrononion umbilicatulum	Borelis schlumbergeri	Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi	Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi	Cushmanina desmophora

Elphidium crispum	Epistominella exigua	Eponides repandus	Gyroidina sp.	Gyroidina sp.	Heterostegina depressa	Laticarinina pauperata

Marginopora vertebralis	Quinqueloculina parkeri	Reussoolina apiculata	Sorites marginalis	Spirillina decorata	Textularia sp.