Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Hyperamminidae

 

found at Challenger Station 246

from 3749m depth

   central North Pacific   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

Images are shown with permission and thanks to Michael A. Kaminski,
the Natural History Museum London (copyright-holder) and Grzybowski Foundation. The images are made with the NHM Palaeontology imaging system.

 

lectotype

 

Lectotype in slide ZF 3612, labeled Hyperammina ramosa
L = 4,1mm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Kaminski, M.A. and Cetean, C.G., 2011: Lectotypes of type species of agglutinated foraminiferal genera in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Part 2. Hippocrepinina and Hormosinina 
Kaminski, M.A. and Filipescu, S.; Eds., Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, 61-69. Krakow: Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16.   Plate 1, Fig. 11

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1003788