New and poorly known benthic foraminifera (Protista, Rhizaria) inhabiting the shells of planktonic foraminifera on the bathyal Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 447-461

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Rothe, Nina ^a   Pearce, Richard B ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deep sea protists; ECOMAR; MAR ECO; North Atlantic; organic walled foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; HOST; NEW SPECIES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT; SHELL; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

FORAMINIFERA; PLACOPSILINELLA; PROTISTA; RHIZARIA;

EID: 84876103730     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2012.750365     Document Type: Article

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