Class: Monothalamea   Subclass:    Order: Astrorhizida   Family: Saccamminidae

 

found at  Porcupine Station 28

from 2222m depth

   Celtic Seas   off territorial waters

 

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..

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Jones, Robert Wynn,  1994:  The Challenger Foraminifera    Oxford Univ Press  416 pp.  Plate 25,  Fig. 2

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1002738