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Floresina; a genus of predators, parasites or scavengers?

Kurt S. S. Nielsen, John D. Collen and Marie A. Ferland
Floresina; a genus of predators, parasites or scavengers?
Journal of Foraminiferal Research (January 2002) 32 (1): 93-95

Abstract

Hallock and Talge (1994) described a small predatory foraminifer Floresina amphiphaga attacking the larger foraminifer Amphistegina gibbosa. The attack by F. amphiphaga on A. gibbosa often resulted in the death of the latter and formed a characteristic trace on its test. We report a similar trace on the test of the planktonic foraminifer, Globorotalia menardii, from a sample from 175 m water depth, collected seaward of the barrier reef at Suva, Fiji, that may be the result of Floresina attack. If this supposition is correct, it suggests that drilling is more widespread in the genus that previously known; that the phenomenon may extend beyond alleged predation or parasitism of living foraminifera to scavenging on dead foraminifera; and that foraminifer-foraminifer interactions involving drilling may be more widespread than previously suspected.


ISSN: 0096-1191
EISSN: 1943-264X
Coden: JFARAH
Serial Title: Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Serial Volume: 32
Serial Issue: 1
Title: Floresina; a genus of predators, parasites or scavengers?
Affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Geologisk Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages: 93-95
Published: 200201
Text Language: English
Publisher: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Ithaca, NY, United States
References: 21
Accession Number: 2002-027665
Categories: Invertebrate paleontology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus.
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Secondary Affiliation: Victoria University of Wellington, NZL, New ZealandUniversity of the South Pacific, FJI, Fiji
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 200210
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