Thirty new records of marine benthic Foraminifera from Korean waters
Author
Lee, Sue Yeon
Author
Yoo, Jung Sun
Author
Kim, Seung Tae
text
Journal of Species Research
2017
6
75
93
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13162603
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2017.6
2713-8615
13163244
9.
Nouria sinensis
Zheng & Fu, 2001
(
Plate 2. 3
a-b)
Nouria sinensis
Zheng & Fu, 2001
, pp. 414, 415 (Chinese), 700 (English), pl. 59, figs. 8a-c (cited from
Ellis & Messina, 1940
).
Material examined.
Korea
,
East Sea
, station E4 (
37°55
ʹ
4.816
ʺ
N
,
128°51
ʹ
11.786
ʺ
E
),
20 May 2016
, by
Van Veen Grab
, collected by
Raehyuk Jeong
and
Jisu Yeom.
NIBR
ID: NIBRPR0000107225
.
Diagnosis.
Test free, elongated, and oval in section. Chambers in polymorphine arrangement then biserial, hard to distinguish, suture barely visible. Wall very thin but agglutinated with coarse grains. Aperture produced at terminal, consisted by fine particles, and long-slit like with slight lip.
Remarks.
According to the original description, this species was first reported from the northern East
China
Sea,
China
(
Ellis & Messina, 1940
). Prominent features of this species are elongated narrow test with greatest width near the middle part, and a slit-like aperture with finely agglutinated compressed lip. Our specimen has slightly more inflated test than the
type
specimen.
Distribution.
Korea
, East
China
Sea,
China
.