Ecological Archives E093-011-A1

S. Uthicke, F. Patel, and R. Ditchburn. 2012. Elevated land runoff after European settlement perturbs persistent foraminiferal assemblages on the Great Barrier Reefs. Ecology 93:111–121.

Appendix D (Table D1). Foraminiferal taxa observed in the sediment cores. The type of symbiont is indicated for symbiont bearing Foraminifera, N = no symbionts. Dino.: dinoflagellate. Species regarded as opportunistic for calculation of the FORAM index are marked with an asterisk in the "Symbionts" column, classification of symbionts following Lee and Anderson (1991).

Order Family Species Symbionts
Lagenida Polymorphinidae Sigmoidella elegantissima N
Miliolida Alveolinidae Alveolinella quoyi Diatom
Hauerinidae Hauerina circinata  
Hauerina fragilissima  
Hauerina pacifica  
Pseudohauerina involuta N
Miliolidae Discorbinella sp.  N*
Edentostomia cultrata  
Miliola earlandi N
Miliolinella sp. N
Planispirinella exigua N
Pseudomassilina macilenta N
Pyrgo spp. N
Quinqueloculina spp. N
Triloculina spp. N
Nubeculariidae Wiesnerella spp.  
Vertebralina striata N
Soritidae Marginopora vertebralis Dinoflagellate
Sorites orbiculus Dinoflagellate
Parasorites spp. Greenalgae
Peneroplis antillarum Red Algae
Peneroplis pertusus Red Algae
Peneroplis planatus Red Algae
Spiroloculinidae Spiroloculina angulata N
Spiroloculina corrugata N
Spiroloculina faveolata N
Spiroloculina rugosa N
Rotaliida Alfredinidae Epistomaroides polystomelloides N
Amphisteginidae Amphistegina radiata Diatom
Amphistegina lessonii Diatom
Amphistegina lobifera  
Bagginidae Cancris sp. N
Calcarinidae Baculogypsina sphaerulata Diatom
Calcarina hispida Diatom
Calcarina mayorii Diatom
Calcarina spengleri Diatom
Neorotalia calcar Diatom
Cibicidae Cibicides cf. refulgens  N*
Cymbaloporidae Cymbalporetta spp. N
Discorbidae Rosalina brady N
Rotorbis sp. N
Elphidiidae Elphidium craticulatum Plastids*
Elphidium crispum Plastids*
Elphidium reticulosum Plastids*
Eponididae Eponides sp. N
Nummunlitidae Heterostegina depressa Diatoms
Operculina ammonoides Diatoms
Planorbulinidae Planorbulina sp. N
Reussellidae Reussella spp. N
Rotaliidae Ammonia sp.  N*
Pararotalia sp.  N*
undetermined rotaliid  
Textulariida Textularidae Textularia spp. N
Clavulina spp.  

Literature Cited

Lee, J. J., and O. R. Anderson. 1991. Symbiosis in foraminifera. In: Biology of foraminifera (Lee, J.J and Anderson, O.R., eds). Academic press, London:157–220.


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