Elphidiidae

Scanning electron micrographs of species from the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Details about species distribution in: Mendes, I., Dias, J.A., Schönfeld, J., Ferreira, Ó., 2012. Distribution of living benthic foraminifera on the Northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 42(1), 18-38.

Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1930. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.

Scanning electron micrographs of species from the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Details about species distribution in: Mendes, I., Dias, J.A., Schönfeld, J., Ferreira, Ó., 2012. Distribution of living benthic foraminifera on the Northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 42(1), 18-38.

New Zealand, Stewart Island, Port Pegasus, Recent

Guadiana intertidal environments; figs. 1-3 from Fig. 5 (images 16-18) in Camacho, S., Moura, D., Connor, S., Boski, T. and Scott, D. 2015. Taxonomy, ecology and biogeographical trends of dominant benthic foraminifera species from an Atlantic-Mediterranean estuary (the Guadiana, southeast Portugal). Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.17A, 1-27.  

Scanning electron micrographs and photomicrographs of species from the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Details about species distribution in: Mendes, I., Dias, J.A., Schönfeld, J., Ferreira, Ó., 2012. Distribution of living benthic foraminifera on the Northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 42(1), 18-38.

Elphidium lessonii sensu Jones, R.W. 1994. The Challenger Foraminifera. Image source: Brady, H.B. (1884) Pl. 110

Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1930. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.

Elphidium macellum sensu Jones, R.W. 1994. The Challenger Foraminifera. Image source: Brady, H.B. (1884) Pl. 110

Australia, Victoria, Torquay, Recent

Guadiana intertidal environments; images 1-3 from Fig. 5 (images 12-14) in Camacho, S., Moura, D., Connor, S., Boski, T. and Scott, D. 2015. Taxonomy, ecology and biogeographical trends of dominant benthic foraminifera species from an Atlantic-Mediterranean estuary (the Guadiana, southeast Portugal). Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.17A, 1-27.  

Elphidium cavispinum Di Geronimo, 1973. Holotype. Yellow sands with Arctica islandica, Monte Navone near Piazza Armerina (Sicily). Age: Calabrian (Pleistocene).

Hofker, J. (1964). Foraminifera from the tidal zone in the Netherlands Antilles and other West Indian Islands. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. vol. 21., available online at (http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506177) page(s): p. 111 fig. 272

Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1930. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104. Note: According to Le Calvez ( 1977), Cushman's description (fig.  9) of E. discoidale does not fit with d'Orbigny's species: Fig. 8 reproduces d'Orbigny's drawing.

Hofker, J. (1964). Foraminifera from the tidal zone in the Netherlands Antilles and other West Indian Islands. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. vol. 21., available online at (http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506177) page(s): p. 113 fig. 271 

Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1930. The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.

Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1933. The Foraminifera of the Tropical Pacific Collections of the ”Albatross”. Part 2. Lagenidae to Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Nation. Mus 161: vi+79 pp.+19 pls.

Marlborough Sounds, Queen Charlotte Sound, 25 m depth; Plate 15 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.

Otago, Purakanui Inlet, LT; Plate 15 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.

Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1933. The Foraminifera of the Tropical Pacific Collections of the ”Albatross”. Part 2. Lagenidae to Alveolinellidae. Bull. U.S. Nation. Mus 161: vi+79 pp.+19 pls.

Fiji, Suva Pt, recent

Tonga, Vavau, recent