Glandulina sp.

Toefy, R., Gibbons, M. J. & McMillan, I. K., 2005, The foraminifera associated with the alga Gelidium pristoides, South Africa, African Invertebrates 46, pp. 1-26 : 10-12

Glandulina sp. “A”

Fig. 4E

Description: Circular test. Raised costae on the lower half of the test and around the aperture. Width = 193.75 µm, height = 196.88 µm, width:height = 0.98:1.

Material examined: A27400.

Distribution: Around South Africa from Sea Point to Port Elizabeth.

Remarks: The only other specimen of Glandulina examined was G. antarctica . This species has an elliptical test shape whereas the species examined here has a round shape. No ornamentation was present on the test or around the aperture as in Glandulina sp. “A”.

Figures

Fig. 4 A–L: (A) Fissurina marginata (Montagu, 1803); (B, C) Fissurina sp. “A”; (D) Guttulina irregularis (d’Orbigny, 1846); (E) Glandulina sp. “A”; (F) Bolivina “fossa” McMillan, 1987 m.s.; (G, H) Bolivina pseudoplicata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930; (I) Bolivina sp. “A”; (J) Brizalina pseudopunctata (Höglund, 1947); (K) Brizalina “rocklandsensis” McMillan, 1987 m.s.; (L) Bulimina elongata d’Orbigny, 1846.