Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Hormosinana  Order: Hormosinida  Family: Reophacidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14856-1 (1118m depth)

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman, the specimens were picked by Michael Hesemann and the images are made by

 

 

scale bar 100µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1994: Foraminifera of the Sahul Shelf and Timor Sea.  Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication 31. 661 pp. Plate 5, Fig. 6

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018344