Foraminifers as Bioindicators
Other Smaller Perforate Taxa
Order: Buliminida
Family: Reussellidae
Genus: Reussella
Species: unidentified
From Puerto Rico, SEM, X150
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Acervulinidae
Genus: Discogypsina
Species: vesicularis Silvestri
From the Florida Keys, side view, SEM, X60
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Cibicididae
Genus: Lobatula
Species: unidentified
From Tampa Bay, Florida, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X400
From Tampa Bay, Florida, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X500
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Discorbidae
Genus: Discorbis
Species: mira Cushman
From the Florida Keys, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X150
From the Florida Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X180
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Discorbidae
Genus: Discorbis
Species: rosea (d'Orbigny)
From the Florida Keys, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X120
From the Florida Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X120
From the Florida Keys, spiral view on left, umbilical view on right, LM, X50
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Discorbidae
Genus: Discorbis
Species: unidentified
From Antigua, dorsal (spiral) side, SEM, X180
From Antigua, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X120
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nonionidae
Genus: Nonionoides
Species: grateloupi Saidova
From the Florida Keys, side view, SEM, X120
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nonionidae
Genus: Nonion
Species: depresselum de Montfort
From the Florida Keys, side view, SEM, X450
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Planorbulinidae
Genus: Planorbulina
Species: acervalis Brady
From the Florida Keys, free dorsal side, SEM, X60
From the Florida Keys, attached ventral side, SEM, X50
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Rosalinidae
Genus: Rosalina
Species: floridana (Cushman)
From the Florida Keys, dorsal (spiral) side, SEM, X250
From the Florida Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X200
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