Psammosphaera  parva  Flint, 1889       

Class: Monothalamea   Subclass:   Order: Astrorhizida   Family: Psammosphaeridae
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 Psammosphaera parva Flint, 1889

the field is photographed by Georg Wawczyniak

The identification is based upon:
Cushman, J., A., 1918: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 1. Astrorhizidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104. Plate 12, Fig. 4-6