Benthic Foraminifera from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Author
Mamo, Briony L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4215
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4215.1.1
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Miliolinella
sp. 3 (
Fig. 12
:1–4)
Emended description
(after
Parker 2009
): Test long, quinqueloculine, but likely cryptoquinqueloculine, approximately twice as wide as high. Periphery rounded, globular-like giving test an oval cross-section. Inflated chambers are slightly compressed with distinct sutures so deeply depressed they enhance the globular shape of the test. Wall is smooth, but pitted with sporadic foreign particles that have attached during growth producing pits that have puckered and warped the exterior test wall. Aperture is terminal and arch-shaped with slight lip and a simple, thick nub-like tooth.
FIGURE 12.
(Unless otherwise specified all scale bars = 100 µm).
1–4.
Miliolinella
sp. 3
, QM#G465973 from OTI 51.
1.
Lateral view.
2.
Peripheral view, scale bar = 50 µm.
3.
Underside view, scale bar = 50 µm.
4.
Oral view, scale bar = 50 µm.
5– 6.
Parahauerinoides fragilissima
(Brady, 1884)
, MU62849 from OTI 47.
5.
Lateral view.
6.
Peripheral view.
7–8.
Pseudomassilina australis
(Cushman, 1932)
, MU62899 from T2–3.
7.
Lateral view.
8.
Underside view.
9–11.
Pseudomassilina macilenta
(Brady, 1884)
.
9–10.
QM#G465925 from OTI 12, lateral (9) and oral (10) views.
11.
QM#G465947 from WL 15, lateral view.
12–13.
Pyrgo
sp. 1
, MU 62903 from CHANNEL.
12.
Lateral view.
13.
Oral view.
14–16.
Pyrgo
sp. 2
, QM#G465950 from HL 40.
14.
Lateral view.
15.
Peripheral view.
16.
Oral view.
17.
Pyrgo
sp. 3
, QM#G465956 from CHANNEL, lateral view.
18–20.
Triloculina barnadi
Haig, 1988
, QM#G465791 from ST/HW 2, lateral (18) and oral (19) views.
20.
QM#G465835 from OTI 36, lateral view.
Remarks.
This species closely resembles
Quinqueloculina
sp. 24 of
Parker (2009)
from Ningaloo Reef and other sub-globular
Miliolinella
species. Both
Quinqueloculina
sp. 24 (
Parker 2009
) and
Miliolinella
sp. 3 differ, however, in possessing a tooth rather than a
Miliolinella
-type flap over the aperture (
Fig. 12
:2, 4). The CG species can be discriminated from those reported by
Parker (2009)
in having more warped test walls (
Fig. 12
:1–4).
Distribution within study area.
This species was only collected from site
51 in
One Tree Lagoon 2.