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.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza, 1862 - An ellipsolagenid foram (Foraminifera images)
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Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- lateral view 1

Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- lateral view 2

Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- lateral view 3

Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Specimen above approx. 0.27mm in diameter, found in debris knocked off a crab pot that appeared to have been in the water for some time, being recently caught in a trawl and brought to shore. Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 29.08.15.

Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- lateral view 4

Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- internal entosolenian tube 1

Ellipsolagenid foram
Fissurina orbignyana
- showing keels 1

Specimen above is just under 0.3mm in diameter, and was found on saponifying and washing the matted sponge covered bases of the hydroid Nemertesia ramosa, which was brough ashore as accidental debris, found in a box of Gurnard at Newlyn Fish Market, Newlyn, Cornwall, 23.01.17.

Fissurina orbignyana Ellipsolagenidae Ellipsolagenid Foram 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.