Saccorhiza ramosa (Brady, 1879)       

Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Hippocrepinida  Family: Hyperamminidae
Taxon Profile

found at Porcupine Station 23   west of Ireland   off territorial waters   from 1152m depth

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.

HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Saccorhiza ramosa (Brady, 1879)

Paralectotype, L = 2,7mm

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. 12