Foraminifers as Bioindicators
Symbiont-Bearing Rotaliids
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Amphisteginidae
Genus: Amphistegina
Species: gibbosa d'Orbigny
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X70
From Biscayne Bay, °®¶¹´«Ã½, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X70
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live dorsal (spiral) view, LM, X40
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live ventral (apertural) view, LM, X40
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Asterigerinidae
Genus: Asterigerina
Species: carinata d'Orbigny
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X150
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, ventral (apertural) view, SEM, X150
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live dorsal (spiral) view, LM, X50
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live ventral (apertural) view, LM, X50
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Nummilitidae
Genus: Heterostegina
Species: antillarum d'Orbigny
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X45
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, side view, SEM, X50
From the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Keys, live side view, LM, X70
Introduction | Methods | References: taxonomy and ecology | References: polluted and other stressed environments