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Biloculina comata.
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This foram is extremely common in the Ross Sea (Antarctica). The "porcelaneous" structure typical of miliolid tests (rotalids have glassy "hyaline" tests) is very conspicuous here. Image courtesy of Samuel S. Bowser, Wadsworth Center.
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Pyrgo williamsonifound on the shelf of Greenland at 192m depthrecentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at
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This species is named for the prominent "lips" (L. labrum) surrounding the aperture. Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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Pyrgo williamsonifound on the shore of SpitsbergenrecentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at
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Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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This aperture conformation is typical of members of the genus. Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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The biserial arrangement of the test (the youngest chamber is on top) is very evident here. Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. This species prefers warmer water (6-7 degrees C) than other members of its genus. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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Description: The white agglutinating foraminifera is Pyrgo sp. and the brown agglutinating foraminifera is Cribrostomoides subglobosum. The latter made made up about 98% of the sieved macrofauna samples (sieved on a 0.50 mm sieve) at Dalsnuten. Item Type: Image Title: Pyrgo sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Pyrgo sp. Site: Atlantic -- Norwegian -- Dalsnuten Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1452 Latitude: 66 deg 34' 33" N Longitude: 3 deg 32' 46" E Countries: Norway -- Norwegian Sector Habitat: Benthic Rig: Aker Barents Project Partners: Shell, Aker Drilling, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 142 Deposited By: Dr K Kroeger Deposited On: 24 June 2011
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Pyrgo comata sensu Jones, R.W. 1994. The Challenger Foraminifera. Image source: Brady, H.B. (1884) Pl. 3
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Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1929. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 6. Miliolidae, Ophthalmidiidae and Fischerinidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.
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Pyrgo depressa sensu Jones, R.W. 1994. The Challenger Foraminifera. Image source: Brady, H.B. (1884)
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Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1929. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 6. Miliolidae, Ophthalmidiidae and Fischerinidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.
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Pyrgo elongata sensu Jones, R.W. 1994. The Challenger Foraminifera. Image source: Brady, H.B. (1884)
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Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1929. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 6. Miliolidae, Ophthalmidiidae and Fischerinidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.
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Northland, Chicken Islands, 85 m depth, From Plate 3 in Hayward, B.W., Grenfell, H.R., Reid, C.M., Hayward, K.A. 1999. Recent New Zealand shallow-water benthic Foraminifera: Taxonomy, ecologic distribution, biogeography, and use in paleoenvironmental assessment. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monograph 21, 258 p.