Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Lituolida  Family: Discamminidae

 

found at 3685m depth in the upper 0-2cm of the sediment at station 42 of  SO286 WA 52-39

RV Sonne cruise SO286, Working Area 52-39, Station 42, 10-15cm

   NACES MPA   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is photographed by Michael Hesemann and collected by the

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1910: A Monograph of the Foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean. Part I. Astrorhizidae and Lituolidae  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 71.  Plate n.a., Fig. 185

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021873