Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Globobuliminidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

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

 

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14704-1 (246m depth)

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Spezzaferri, S., Ruggeberg, A., Stalder, C., 2015: Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera from Cold-Water Coral Reefs  Cushman Foundation Special Publication 44  Plate 23, Fig. 5

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018843