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

 

found in waters off  Sitka

Sitka Sound from about 100m waterdepth

   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:

 Camacho, S., 2012: Atlas of benthic foraminifera and thecamoebian species from the Guadiana River Estuary, vol. II In: Ecologic zonation model of the benthic foraminifera and thecamoebians of Guadiana River Estuary and application in paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Algarve University.   Dissertation  Plate , Fig. 9.8 1-2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021463