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.
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826 - A planorbulinid foram (Foraminifera images)
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Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- from flotsam 1
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- from flotsam 1
Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- on plastic octopus pot 1
Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- on plastic octopus pot 2
Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- on plastic octopus pot 3
Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- on plastic octopus pot 4
Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- on plastic octopus pot 5
Planorbulinid foram
Planorbulina mediterranensis
- plastic octopus pot 1
Species found on a plastic octopus pot that had washed-up at Hayle, Cornwall. 09.01.14.
Planorbulina vulgaris in Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain, 1858. Printed for the Ray Society.
Original name:
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826
Synonymised names:
Asterodiscus forskalii Ehrenberg, 1839 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Cushman (1944), Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
Planorbulina caribbeana Hofker, 1976 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Le Calvez, 1977)
Planorbulina vulgaris d'Orbigny, 1839
Ref: WoRMS
Foraminifera.eu gallery of UK species of foraminifera
For more images of forams see - Foraminifera.eu Project
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.