The foraminifera associated with the alga Gelidium pristoides, South Africa
Author
Toefy, R.
Author
Gibbons, M. J.
Author
McMillan, I. K.
text
African Invertebrates
2005
2005-12-31
46
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7664789
2305-2562
7664789
Rosalina
cf.
globularis
d’Orbigny, 1826
Figs 5C, 5D
Rosalina globularis
: d’Orbigny 1826: 271
, pl. 13, figs 1–4; Loeblich & Tappan 1988: 561, pl. 610,
figs 1–5, pl. 611, figs 1–6, fig. 459, 1a–c;
Levy
et al
. 1979: 78
, pl. 4, figs 41, 44, 45;
McMillan
1987
a
: 348, pl. 13, figs 14–18.
Description: Rounded to lobate shape. Dorsal side convex while ventral side flat and slightly concave. Test smooth with prominent coarse perforations. Dorsal view finely perforate with almost smooth central region. Large pores on ventral side, absent near periphery. Chambers strongly inflated on dorsal side. Radial sutures on dorsal side curved towards periphery.Aperture interio-marginal on ventral side.Aperture elongated, extending from periphery to umbilicus. Umbilicus wide and deep, partially obscured by umbilical flaps.Width = 138 µm, height = 116 µm, width:height = 1.19:1.
Material examined: A27411,
A27398
, A27412.
Distribution: Widespread in shallow marine environments. Around
South Africa
from Sea Point to Port Elizabeth. Recorded by
McMillan (1987
a
)
off the coast of
Namibia
.