APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Homotrema rubrum (Lamarck, 1816) - A homotrematid foram (Foraminifera images)
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Homotrematid foram
Homotrema rubrum
- group of forams 1

Homotrematid foram
Homotrema rubrum
- forams on buoy vent wall 1

Homotrematid foram
Homotrema rubrum
- foram on buoy vent wall 1

Homotrematid foram
Homotrema rubrum
- vents of buoy 1

Above, part of a sample of fifty or more specimens that were found inside the vents of an American vented fishing buoy, which was found at Gwynver, near Sennen, Cornwall. 24.02.16. Anomia simplex and Ostrea equestris bivalve molluscs were also found inside the vents of the buoy suggesting a NW Atlantic origin, possibly Florida. Homotrema rubrum also occurs in the English Channel.

Homotrematid foram
Homotrema rubrum
- foram 1

Homotrematid foram
Homotrema rubrum
- group of forams 2

Hole bearer or foram
Homotrema rubrum
- found on inside wall of drum 1

Specimens above were found on the inner wall of a five gallon drum that had washed up at Gwithian, near Hayle, Cornwall. 11.02.16.

The drum was interesting in that its handle and spout was smothered in polyps of the Thimble jellyfish, Linuche unguiculata. Two lower valves of the bivalve Ostrea equestris were also found inside the drum, which is very suggestive of a NW Atlantic origin for the drum and the foram.

Homotrema rubrum is a shallow water species occuring in the NW Atlantic, including Florida and the Bahamas, but also in the NE Atlantic in the English Channel.

Original name:
Millepora rubra Lamarck, 1816
Synonymised names:
Homotrema rubra (Lamarck, 1816) (Genus is neuter)
Millepora rubra Lamarck, 1816

Ref: Homotrema rubrum (Lamarck, 1816) tvk NHMSYS0021158650.

For more images of forams see - Foraminifera.eu Project

Homotrema rubrum syn Homotrema rubra homotrematidae homotrematid foram Foraminifera Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.