Globoquadrina pachyderma pacifica, a new subspecies of planktonic foraminifera from the Quaternary of the southeastern Pacific Ocean

A new subspecies of planktonic foraminifer, Globoquadrina pachydenna pacifica n. subsp., has been recognized in USNS ELTANIN cores 3-5 and 3-6 from Quaternary deposits of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, near South America. Its diagnostic features are a high-spired test with pitted wall, 4-6 chambers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boltovskoy, Esteban, Watanabe, Silvia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: ITGE 1986
Subjects:
Pacific
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33457/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33457/6/Boltovskoy_Watanabe.pdf
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Summary:A new subspecies of planktonic foraminifer, Globoquadrina pachydenna pacifica n. subsp., has been recognized in USNS ELTANIN cores 3-5 and 3-6 from Quaternary deposits of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, near South America. Its diagnostic features are a high-spired test with pitted wall, 4-6 chambers in the last coil with the last chamber usually being shifted over the umbilical side. 3554 specimens of this subspecies were recovered from the cores.

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