Textularia earlandi Parker, 1952

Camacho, S, Moura, D, Connor, S, Scott, DB & Boski, T, 2015, Taxonomy, ecology and biogeographical trends of dominant benthic foraminifera species from an Atlantic-Mediterranean estuary (the Guadiana, southeast Portugal), Palaeontologia Electronica 52 (4), pp. 1-37 : 22

Textularia earlandi Parker, 1952

Figure 3.23-3.25

1933 Textularia tenuissima Earland : p. 95, pl. 3, figs. 21-30.

1952 Textularia earlandi Parker : p. 458, pl. 2, figs. 4-5.

1962 Textularia earlandi Parker ; Closs and Madeira, p. 15, est. 3, figs. 6-7; 43, est. 7, fig. 5.

1995 Textularia earlandi Parker ; Lévy, Mathieu, Poignant, Rosset-Moulinier, Ubaldo and Lebreiro, p. 20, pl. 3, fig. 4.

2004 Spiroplectinella earlandi (Parker) ; Martins and Gomes, p. 21, fig. 2.7.

2007 Textularia porrecta ( Brady, 1884) ; Duchemin, Fontanier, Jorissen, Barras and Griveaud, p. 28, pl. 1, fig. 8.

Morphological description. Test agglutinated,

chambers biserially arranged, laterally compressed; aperture is a simple arch at the base of the last chamber ( Figure 3.25 ).

Occurrence. Rare species, preferring the lower stands of the marsh.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Scanning electron and light microscope micrographs of the foraminifera specimens. Scale bar equals 100 µm except where noted otherwhise; 1-2- Jadammina macrescens (Brady, 1870); 1- supplementary apertures view; 2- detail of supplementary apertures (scale bar = 50 µm); 3-4- Lepidodeuterammina plymouthensis Brönnimann and Whittaker, 1990; 3- dorsal view; 4- ventral view; 5-8- Lepidodeuterammina ochracea (Williamson, 1858); 5- dorsal view; 6- ventral view; 7- dorsal view of a smaller specimen; 8- ventral view of a smaller specimen; 9-10- Portatrochammina sp.; 9- dorsal view; 10- ventral view; 11-13- Siphotrochammina sp.; 11- dorsal side with inter-cameral foramen view; 12- dorsal view of a smaller specimen, also with inter-cameral foramen; 13- ventral view of a smaller specimen; 14-16- Tiphotrocha comprimata Saunders, 1957; 14- dorsal view; 15- ventral view; 16- individual strongly attached to a sea-grass leaf; detail of a Pinus pollen grain at the center of the leaf; 17-21- Trochammina inflata (Montagu, 1808); 17- dorsal view; 18- ventral view; 19- ventral view with umbilical tube detail; 20- microspheric form dorsal view; 21- microspheric form ventral view; 22- Eggerelloides scaber (Williamson, 1858); 23-25- Textularia earlandi Parker, 1952; 23- apertural view; 24- lateral view; 25- profile view with aperture in detail; 26-29- Discorinopsis aguayoi (Bermúdez, 1935); 26- scanning electron dorsal view; 27- scanning electron ventral view; 28- light microscope dorsal view; 29- light microscope ventral view.