Rhizammina  algaeformis  Brady, 1879       

Class: Monothalamea   Subclass:   Order: Astrorhizida   Family: Rhizamminidae
Taxon Profile

found in the waters at the Reykjanes Ridge    off territorial waters   

Geological Time: recent  Holocene  Quaternary


the plummercell is provided by Dr. Karla Kreisel

View of specimens of Rhizammina algaeformis Brady, 1879

the field is photographed by Georg Wawczyniak

The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 28, Fig. 6