Hormosinella distans (Brady, 1881)       

Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Hormosinana  Order: Hormosinida  Family: Hormosinellidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 300   off Peru and Northern Chile   off territorial waters   from 2515m 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 Hormosinella distans (Brady, 1881)

Paralectotype in slide ZF 2271
L = 1,8mm

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. 16