Abstract
Microhabitats of benthic foraminifera are described from four environments typical of the Japanese Islands: the tidal zone of a rocky shore, a brackish bay, shallow sea, and bathyal sea. Many microenvironments exist around the sediment-water interface, providing a rich diversity of potential microhabitats for benthic foraminifera. Benthic foraminifera occupy the full range of potential life positions with respect to the sediment-water interface. There are attached epifaunal, free living epifaunal, shallow infaunal, and deep infaunal species. The distribution of individual species tends to be segregated by microhabitat preferences.
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