a (living) Foraminifera

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:11 am

I found this member of the Foraminifera in the marine plankton. The diameter was +/- 390 µm. The species: probably Planorbulina mediterranensis.
First picture: Obj. 10x, DIC, stack with 10 pics
second picture: Obj. 20x, DIC, stack with 8 pics

Franz

By the way: the name "Foraminifera" comes from Latin and means: "hole bearers". You can see the holes...

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:47 pm

Beautiful shots Franz. I looked him up on Google and your images are better than anything they have. LOL

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:08 am

Really nice Franz. These are so interesting. I happened across a nice one in a sample I took yesterday.. but it moved slowly and I don't think I was able to get a useful stack.

BJ · Post by BJ » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:59 am

Franz,

Really nice - I particularly like the first. I keep trying to get good photos of fossil forams....but no success yet.

Thanks
Brian