Foraminifers as Bioindicators
Other Smaller Perforate Taxa
Order: Buliminida
Family: Reussellidae
Genus: Reussella
Species: unidentified
From Puerto Rico, SEM, X150
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Acervulinidae
Genus: Discogypsina
Species: vesicularis Silvestri
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X60
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Cibicididae
Genus: Lobatula
Species: unidentified
From Tampa Bay, °®¶¹´«Ã½, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X400
From Tampa Bay, °®¶¹´«Ã½, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X500
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Discorbidae
Genus: Discorbis
Species: mira Cushman
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X150
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X180
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Discorbidae
Genus: Discorbis
Species: rosea (d'Orbigny)
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X120
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X120
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, spiral view on left, umbilical view on right, LM, X50
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Discorbidae
Genus: Discorbis
Species: unidentified
From Antigua, dorsal (spiral) side, SEM, X180
From Antigua, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X120
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nonionidae
Genus: Nonionoides
Species: grateloupi Saidova
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X120
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nonionidae
Genus: Nonion
Species: depresselum de Montfort
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X450
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Planorbulinidae
Genus: Planorbulina
Species: acervalis Brady
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, free dorsal side, SEM, X60
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, attached ventral side, SEM, X50
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Rosalinidae
Genus: Rosalina
Species: floridana (Cushman)
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, dorsal (spiral) side, SEM, X250
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X200
Introduction | Methods | References: taxonomy and ecology | References: polluted and other stressed environments