Textularia

Mamo, Briony L., 2016, Benthic Foraminifera from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4215 (1), pp. 1-123 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4215.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6067705

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scientific name

Textularia
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Textularia View in CoL sp 1. ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 :7, 8)

Remarks. This taxon was referred to Textularia due to its free agglutinated biserial test with well-sorted mediumsized grains, depressed sutures and slightly inflated chambers with rounded but slightly squared-off chambers. The chambers of this species deeply interlock, giving them a stacked appearance ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 :7). The aperture is a subcircular hole located at the base of the final chamber but sits off axis due to the chamber covering the inner-most half of the chamber preceding it ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 :8). These features closely resemble those tests assigned by Parker (2009: fig. 53) to Textularia kerimbaensis Said 1949 from Ningaloo Reef except that the aperture is not off axis and consists of a small slit as opposed to a sub-circular hole. Capricorn Group specimens also possess taller chambers.

Distribution within study area. Textularia sp. 1 was only collected from site 3 along Heron Transect 2. It is as abundant as T. candeiana and is less common than T. agglutinans , T. lateralis and Textularia jparkeri n. sp.

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