Benthic Foraminifera from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Author
Mamo, Briony L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4215
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4215.1.1
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Quinqueloculina
sp. cf.
Q
.
victoriensis
Collins 1974
(
Fig. 10
:16, 17)
Remarks.
These specimens were tentatively assigned to
Quinqueloculina victoriensis
Collins 1974
due to their quinueloculine chamber arrangement, test being approximately twice as long as wide with strongly rounded peripheries and numerous distinct longitudinal costae that wrap around the slightly oblique, depressed sutures. The dentition consists of a single tooth within a
Lachlanella
-shaped aperture. Specimens collected from the CG were not numerous and were always damaged. As a result, and because of the reported intraspecific variation displayed by
Q
.
victoriensis
(
Collins 1974
;
Parker 2009
;
Debenay 2012
), a more specific identification was not possible.
Distribution within study area.
Quinqueloculina
sp. cf.
Q. victoriensis
was collected from all reefs of the CG, except for Heron Reef flat. At each site, only a single specimen was collected, except for site
20 in
Wistari Lagoon which yielded two specimens. Single live specimens of this species were collected from site 8 at Sykes Reef and site
7 in
Wistari Lagoon.