Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Foraminifera collected off Mandapam (Gulf of Mannar).

Volume 20 Issue 1&2

K. M. S. Ameer Hamsa and V. Gandhi

Abstract

This note deals with the recent foraminifera from the mud samples collected at 200 m off Mandapam (Gulf of Mannar). Fourteen species belonging to 11 genera and 8 families are described and illustrated, of which 4 species are new records. Foraminiferan species recorded for the first time from the Indian region are (1) Bulimina elegans d' Orbigny var. exilis H.B. Brady, (2) Bolivina subtenuis Cushman, (3) Bolivina subreticulata Parr and (4) Streblus catesbyanus (d' Orbigny

Date : 31-12-1978