Planispirillina Bermúdez 1952

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Planispirillina Bermúdez 1952

Planispirillina inaequalis ( Brady 1879) ( Fig. 16 :15)

Description. See Brady (1879, p. 278, pl. 19, fig. 25a–b).

Distribution within study area. Planispirillina inaequalis Brady 1879 was the more abundant of the two Planispirillina species from the CG and was only collected as fragmentary remains from six sites in the One Tree Island Lagoons. Only one specimen was found per site.

Planispirillina spinigera ( Chapman 1900) ( Fig. 16 :17–20)

Description. See Chapman (1900, p. 133, pl. 1, fig. 7).

Distribution within study area. Planispirillina spinigera ( Chapman 1900) only occurs in the three lagoons of One Tree Island with one to two specimens collected per site.

Figures

FIGURE 16. (Unless otherwise specified all scale bars = 100 µm). 1 – 8. Marginopora vertebralis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830. 1. QM # G 466020 from T 1 – 2, close-up oral view. Scale bar = 500 µm. 2 – 4. QM # G 465967 from OTI 48, lateral (2), oral (3) and peripheral (4) views. Scale bar for 2 = 200 µm. 5 – 8. QM # G 465961 from T 1 – 2. 5. Lateral view showing internal structure, scale bar = 500 µm. 6. Oral view, scale bar = 500 µm. 7. Close-up oral view. 8. Close – up oral view, scale bar = 10 µm. 9 – 12. Sorites orbiculus Forskål, 1775. 9 – 10. QM # G 466115 from ST / HW 4, lateral (9) and oral (10) views. 11 – 12. QM # G 465936 from HL 37, lateral (11) and close-up oral (12) views. Scale bar for 18 = 200 µm. 13 – 14. Conicospirillinoides sp. 1, QM # G 465963 from OTI 51. Scale bar = 50 µm. 13. Apical view. 14. Peripheral view. 15. Planispirillina inaequalis Brady, 1879, QM # G 465942 from OTI 12. Ventral view. 16 – 20. Planispirillina spinigera (Chapman, 1900). 16 – 17. QM # G 465962 from OTI 20, dorsal (16) and peripheral (17) views. 18 – 20. QM # G 465968 from OTI 51, dorsal (18), peripheral (19) and ventral lateral (20) views. Scale bar for 19 = 50 µm.