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Gooday, A. J.; Rothe, N.; Pearce, R. B. (2013). New and poorly known benthic foraminifera (Protista, Rhizaria) inhabiting the shells of planktonic foraminifera on the bathyal Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research. 9(5-6): 447-461.
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Gooday, A. J.; Rothe, N.; Pearce, R. B.
2013
New and poorly known benthic foraminifera (Protista, Rhizaria) inhabiting the shells of planktonic foraminifera on the bathyal Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Marine Biology Research
9(5-6): 447-461
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Based on sediment samples from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR; 49548N, 25082772 m water depth) we redescribe
Hospitella fulva Rhumbler, 1911, an organic-walled foraminiferal species that inhabits the empty shells of planktonic
foraminifera and has not been reported since its initial description more than 100 years ago. This poorly known species is
characterized by a series of more or less globular ‘pseudo-chambers’ joined by tubular stolons and with an organic,
brownish-orange, somewhat brittle test wall. It is probably related to Placopsilinella aurantiaca Earland, 1934, a species that
is commonly attached to the external surface of planktonic foraminiferal shells at our MAR sites. A second inhabiting
foramininferan, which we describe as Incola inculta gen. & sp. nov., is distinguished from H. fulva by the very thin and
flexible organic test wall and the distinct tubular to somewhat conical agglutinated structure, which extends above the
surface of the host shell and terminates in an aperture. A large number of xanthosomes (waste products) are distributed
throughout the cell body of the new species. These and other inhabitants of planktonic foraminiferal shells make an
important contribution to benthic foraminiferal assemblages on the bathyal MAR.
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Incola Gooday & Rothe, 2013 (original description)
Incola inculta Gooday & Rothe, 2013 (original description)
Incola inculta Gooday & Rothe, 2013 (original description)