A minute new species of saccammina (monothalamous foraminifera; protista) from the abyssal Pacific

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Ohkawara, N ^a,b   Kitazato, H ^a   Uematsu, K ^a   Gooday, A J ^c  

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

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglutinated foraminifera; Meiofauna; Psammosphaerid; Saccamminid; Single chambered

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BODY SIZE; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; MEIOFAUNA; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; PROTISTA; PSAMMOSPHAERIDAE; SACCAMMINA; SACCAMMINIDAE;

EID: 75449099140     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.28.2.143     Document Type: Article

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