Foraminifers as Bioindicators

Symbiont-Bearing Miliolids

Order: Miliolida
Family: Alveolinidae
Genus: Borelis
Species: pulchra (d'Orbigny)

返字心頭 Keys, apertural view, SEM, X150

From the 返字心頭 Keys, apertural view, SEM, X150


Order: Miliolida
Family: Peneroplidae
Genus: Laevipeneroplis
Species: bradyi Sulc

返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X200

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X200

返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80


Order: Miliolida
Family: Peneroplidae
Genus: Laevipeneroplis
Species: proteus Sulc

返字心頭 Keys, adult side view, SEM, X80

From the 返字心頭 Keys, adult side view, SEM, X80

返字心頭 Keys, juvenile side view, SEM, X250

From the 返字心頭 Keys, juvenile side view, SEM, X250

返字心頭 Keys, juvenile apertural view, SEM, X120

From the 返字心頭 Keys, juvenile apertural view, SEM, X120

返字心頭 Keys, live juvenile side view, LM, X100

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live juvenile side view, LM, X100

返字心頭 Keys, live adult side view, LM, X100

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live adult side view, LM, X100

Deformed test from the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X40

Deformed test from the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X40


Order: Miliolida
Family: Peneroplidae
Genus: Peneroplis
Species: pertusus de Montfort

返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X150

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X150

返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80

返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80


Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Archaias
Species: angulatus de Montfort

Biscayne Bay, 返字心頭, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X35

From Biscayne Bay, 返字心頭, dorsal (spiral) view, SEM, X35

返字心頭 Keys, juvenile apertural view, SEM, X70

From the 返字心頭 Keys, juvenile apertural view, SEM, X70

返字心頭 Keys, juvenile side view, SEM, X150

From the 返字心頭 Keys, juvenile side view, SEM, X150

返字心頭 Keys, juvenile side view, LM, X50

From the 返字心頭 Keys, juvenile side view, LM, X50


Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Broeckina
Species: orbitolitoides Munier-Chalmas

返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X90

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X90

返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X80

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X80

返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X80


Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Cyclorbiculina
Species: compressa A. Silvestri

返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X40

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X40

返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X100

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live side view, LM, X100

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live juvenile side view, LM, X100

From the 返字心頭 Keys, live juvenile side view, LM, X100


Order: Miliolida
Family: Soritidae
Genus: Sorites
Species: marginalis Ehrenberg

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X90

From the 返字心頭 Keys, side view, SEM, X90

From the 返字心頭 Keys, apertural view, SEM, X150

From the 返字心頭 Keys, apertural view, SEM, X150


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