Benthic Foraminifera from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Author
Mamo, Briony L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4215
1
1
123
journal article
37169
10.11646/zootaxa.4215.1.1
0087fa4c-a4f0-45d9-a2de-d433d7885753
1175-5326
272923
B91D1782-C11A-4CDC-96B6-76104FEE51BD
Webbinella
?
sp. 1 (
Fig. 17
:12, 13)
Remarks.
The single specimen available was attached, oval in outline and planoconvex in profile. The polymorphine chamber arrangement of the test cannot be adequately identified due to encroaching detritus onto the test and its broken condition (
Fig. 17
:12, 13). However, the outline of the chambers, smooth test wall and depressed sutures suggest an affinity with
Webbinella
. This species somewhat resembles
Webbinella hemisphaerica
(
Jones
et al.
1866
)
from Crag, England (
Loeblich & Tappan 1987, pl. 460, fig. 1
) and
Webbinella
sp. 1 from Ningaloo Reef (
Parker 2009
, figs 306a–b), but the damaged nature of the test precludes confident taxonomic assignment.
Distribution within study area.
Webbinella
sp. 1 was only collected at site 10 along the ST/HW transect on Heron Reef flat.