Pseudomassilina Lacroix 1938

Mamo, Briony L., 2016, Benthic Foraminifera from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4215 (1), pp. 1-123 : 55

Pseudomassilina Lacroix 1938

Pseudomassilina australis ( Cushman 1932) ( Fig. 12 :7, 8)

Description. See Cushman (1932, p. 32, pl. 8, fig. 2).

Distribution within study area. Only a single specimen of Pseudomassilina australis ( Cushman 1932) was collected from site 3 along Transect 2 across the outer reef flat of Heron Island.

Pseudomassilina macilenta ( Brady 1884) ( Fig. 12 :9–11)

Description. See Brady (1884, p. 167, pl. 7, figs 5, 6).

Distribution within study area. Pseudomassilina macilenta ( Brady 1884) was only found in Wistari, Heron and One Tree Lagoons with only one to four specimens collected per site. The greatest abundance was at sites 15 and 19 in Wistari Lagoon.

Figures

FIGURE 12. (Unless otherwise specified all scale bars = 100 µm). 1 – 4. Miliolinella sp. 3, QM # G 465973 from OTI 51. 1. Lateral view. 2. Peripheral view, scale bar = 50 µm. 3. Underside view, scale bar = 50 µm. 4. Oral view, scale bar = 50 µm. 5 – 6. Parahauerinoides fragilissima (Brady, 1884), MU 62849 from OTI 47. 5. Lateral view. 6. Peripheral view. 7 – 8. Pseudomassilina australis (Cushman, 1932), MU 62899 from T 2 – 3. 7. Lateral view. 8. Underside view. 9 – 11. Pseudomassilina macilenta (Brady, 1884). 9 – 10. QM # G 465925 from OTI 12, lateral (9) and oral (10) views. 11. QM # G 465947 from WL 15, lateral view. 12 – 13. Pyrgo sp. 1, MU 62903 from CHANNEL. 12. Lateral view. 13. Oral view. 14 – 16. Pyrgo sp. 2, QM # G 465950 from HL 40. 14. Lateral view. 15. Peripheral view. 16. Oral view. 17. Pyrgo sp. 3, QM # G 465956 from CHANNEL, lateral view. 18 – 20. Triloculina barnadi Haig, 1988, QM # G 465791 from ST / HW 2, lateral (18) and oral (19) views. 20. QM # G 465835 from OTI 36, lateral view.