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

 

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, 0-2cm

   NACES MPA   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is photographed by Michael Hesemann and collected by the

 

 

detail of aperture

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Ujiié, H. (1990). Bathyal Benthic Foraminifera in a Piston Core from East off the Miyako Islands, Ryukyu Island Arc. Bulletin of the College of Science, University of the Ryukyus. 49: 1-60.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021963