Saccammina socialis Brady, 1884       

Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Saccamminidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 246   central North Pacific   off territorial waters   from 3749m depth

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission. © Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org.. HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Saccammina socialis Brady, 1884


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 18, Fig. 19