The enigmatic, deep-sea, organic-walled genera Chitinosiphon, Nodellum and Resigella (Protista, Foraminifera): A taxonomic re-evaluation

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-404

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Kamenskaya, Olga E ^b   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abyssal; Allogromiid; Atlantic Ocean; Deep sea Foraminifera; Hydrothermal vents; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ALLOGROMIIDAE; BATHYSIPHON; FORAMINIFERA; PROTISTA; REOPHAX;

EID: 45749129252     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200008002776     Document Type: Article

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