Eratidus foliaceus  (Brady, 1881)
 
Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Lituolida  Family: Lituolidae
 
found on the  Mauritanian Slope
   off West Africa   Mauritania
 
Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent
 
the specimen is picked and photographed by Michael Hesemann
the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman,
 
 

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14911-1 (452m depth)
scale bar 100µm
 
The identification is based upon:
 Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera  Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 33, Fig. 20
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1019187
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2024). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2024-04-19. doi: 10/dt5p