Melonis affinis Green Canyon,USA,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Rotaliida Family: Melonidae

found on the bottom of the Green Canyon

Gulf of Mexico USA

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

View of a specimen of Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)

scale bar 50 µm

The identification is based upon:

Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 103, Fig.

dataset number: FEU-1024932

Citation:
Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 103, Fig