BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE FERNANDO-DE-NORONHA ARCHIPELAGO (NORTHERN BRAZIL)

Citation
A. Levy et al., BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE FERNANDO-DE-NORONHA ARCHIPELAGO (NORTHERN BRAZIL), Marine micropaleontology, 26(1-4), 1995, pp. 89-97
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
ISSN journal
03778398
Volume
26
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
89 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-8398(1995)26:1-4<89:BFFTFA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to describe the little studied shallow water benthic foraminiferal fauna of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Br azil, The archipelago is about 15 km in length and is located just nor th of the equator off the northeastern coast of Brazil. Samples were c ollected using SCUBA to depths of 30 m. Benthic foraminifera were anal ysed qualitatively and quantitatively. About 150 species were identifi ed with the fauna composed of 74 porcelaneous species, 64 hyaline spec ies, and 10 agglutinated species. Miliolids comprise more than one thi rd of all species recognized and constitute 40-60% of the individuals in all samples. Most of the species identified have been previously re ported from the Caribbean region and the fauna can be assigned to the West Indian faunal province.