APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Cibicidoides variabilis (d'Orbigny, 1826) - A cibicidid foram (Foraminifera images)
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Cibicidid foram
Cibicidoides variabilis
- specimen from Carrick Roads, Falmouth, Cornwall, images by Cai-Uso Wohler.

Cibicidoides variabilis here displayed was in sand collected by Adrian Brokenshire at an unknown location at Carrick Roads, Falmouth, Cornwall, collection date unknown. The identification is based upon "Cimerman, F., and Langer, R., 1991: Mediterranean Foraminifera. Opera / Akademia scientarium et artium Slovenica, Classis IV: Historia naturalis: 30. Plate 17", the specimen has not been verified.

In Cornwall this species was found by Edward Heron-Allen FRS in 1916 on the south coast of Cornwall. Prof. J. Clark recorded the species from Sennen, Poldhu Cove and Falmouth Bay, pre. 1906. There is a record for Eddystone (Station 4) from 1957. All records above as Cibicidella variabilis.
Ref: Cornish ERICA database.

The images here are examples of the superb supermacro photography of Cai-Uso Wohler. Pleae visit SANDPHOTO.DE to see more of Cai-Uso's work. All photographs here are the copyright of Cai-Uso Wohler of SANDPHOTO.DE @ http://www.cuwohler.de/

Original name:
Truncatulina variabilis d'Orbigny, 1826
Synonymised names:
Cibicidella variabilis (d'Orbigny, 1826) (According to DNA work of Schweizer et al. 2011)
Cibicides variabilis (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Planorbulina variabilis (d'Orbigny, 1826) (According to DNA work of Schweizer et al. 2011)
Truncatulina excedens Costa, 1856 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Fornasini (1896))
Truncatulina innormalis Costa, 1856 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Brady (1884) and Fornasini (1896))
Truncatulina variabilis d'Orbigny, 1826 (Type species of Cibicidella)
Ref. WoRMS

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Cibicidoides variabilis from Carrick Roads Falmouth images by Cai-uso wohler von SANDPHOTO.DE at www.cuwohler.de foraminifera images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.