Foraminifers as Bioindicators
Symbiont-Bearing Miliolids
Order: Miliolida
Family: Alveolinidae
Genus: Borelis
Species: pulchra (d'Orbigny)

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, apertural view, SEM, X150
Order: Miliolida
Family: Peneroplidae
Genus: Laevipeneroplis
Species: bradyi Sulc

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X200

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live side view, LM, X80
Order: Miliolida
Family: Peneroplidae
Genus: Laevipeneroplis
Species: proteus Sulc

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, adult side view, SEM, X80

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, juvenile side view, SEM, X250

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, juvenile apertural view, SEM, X120

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live juvenile side view, LM, X100

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live adult side view, LM, X100

Deformed test from the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X40
Order: Miliolida
Family: Peneroplidae
Genus: Peneroplis
Species: pertusus de Montfort

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X150

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live side view, LM, X80

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live side view, LM, X80
Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Archaias
Species: angulatus de Montfort

From Biscayne Bay, °®¶¹´«Ã½, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X35

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, juvenile apertural view, SEM, X70

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, juvenile side view, SEM, X150

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, juvenile side view, LM, X50
Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Broeckina
Species: orbitolitoides Munier-Chalmas

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X90

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X80

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live side view, LM, X80
Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Cyclorbiculina
Species: compressa A. Silvestri

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X40

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live side view, LM, X100

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live juvenile side view, LM, X100
Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Sorites
Species: marginalis Ehrenberg

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X90

From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, apertural view, SEM, X150
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