Fissurina staphyllearia Alaminos Canyon,USA,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Fissurina staphyllearia Schwager, 1866

Class: Nodosariata Subclass: Nodosariana Order: Polymorphinida Family: Ellipsolagenidae

found on the bottom of the Alaminos Canyon

Gulf of Mexico USA

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

View of a specimen of Fissurina staphyllearia Schwager, 1866

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 120, Fig.

dataset number: FEU-1024954

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 120, Fig