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.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Bulimia gibba or B. elongata Fornasini and d'Orbigny respectively - A buliminid foram (Foraminifera)
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Buliminid foram
Bulimia gibba or elongata
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Buliminid foram
Bulimia gibba or elongata
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Buliminid foram
Bulimia gibba or elongata
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Buliminid foram
Bulimia gibba or elongata
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Specimen, which I think might be Stainforthia fusiformis, was found with other forams in the sediment left over from sampling marine fouling on a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 25.07.15.

Specimen here is approx 0.3mm in length and 0.2mm wide. Under the transmitted light of a LED light ring, under a stereomicroscope, the species here appeared much paler than is seen in the photographs. Species appeared to be translucent and near white in colour.

Specimen appears to be 129 and 130, Plate V, Bulimina pupoides var. fusiformis in Recent Foraminifera, Williamson, 1858. Fursenkoina fusiformis in British Nearshore Foramiferids, Murray 1979.

Bulimia gibba or elongata Hole Bearer or 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.