Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliamminana  Order: Schlumbergerinida  Family: Rzehakinidae

 

found in waters off  Sitka

off Starrigavan recreationa area

   Pacific off Alaska   USA

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is collected and photographed by

 

 

Daniel King helped Karen with the identification. The image is also on iNaturalist.

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1929: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 6. Miliolidae, Ophthalmidiidae and Fischerinidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 1, Fig. 4

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021454