FORAMINIFERS AS HARD SUBSTRATES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WASHINGTON (USA) CONTINENTAL SHELF OF SMALLER FORAMINIFERS ATTACHED TO LARGER, AGGLUTINATE FORAMINIFERS

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Research Article| January 01, 2008 FORAMINIFERS AS HARD SUBSTRATES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WASHINGTON (USA) CONTINENTAL SHELF OF SMALLER FORAMINIFERS ATTACHED TO LARGER, AGGLUTINATE FORAMINIFERS Ruth Martin Ruth Martin Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Burke Museum, University of Washington, P.O. Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010., E-mail: ruthm2@u.washington.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ruth Martin Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Burke Museum, University of Washington, P.O. Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010., E-mail: ruthm2@u.washington.edu Publisher: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Received: 02 Jan 2007 Accepted: 05 Aug 2007 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-264X Print ISSN: 0096-1191 © 2008 Journal of Foraminiferal Research Journal of Foraminiferal Research (2008) 38 (1): 3–10. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.38.1.3 Article history Received: 02 Jan 2007 Accepted: 05 Aug 2007 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Ruth Martin; FORAMINIFERS AS HARD SUBSTRATES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WASHINGTON (USA) CONTINENTAL SHELF OF SMALLER FORAMINIFERS ATTACHED TO LARGER, AGGLUTINATE FORAMINIFERS. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 2008;; 38 (1): 3–10. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.38.1.3 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyJournal of Foraminiferal Research Search Advanced Search Abstract This study from the continental shelf offshore from Washington, USA, describes an occurrence of attached foraminifers using other, larger foraminifers as their hard substrate. Isolated instances of such associations have been illustrated in a few publications; however, the example documented here is of an extensive relationship between smaller attached foraminifers and their substrate species. Host foraminifers were unusually large (4 mm to 5 cm) specimens of the agglutinate species Ammodiscus pacificus, Haplophragmoides canariensis, Rhabdammina linearis and Bathysiphon filiformis. The attached foraminifers were Cibicides pseudoungerianus, Tritaxis fusca and Cibicides refulgens. In addition to the attached foraminiferal tests, several attachment scars were evident, some of which can be attributed to epibiont foraminifers that became detached from the host.There are several possible reasons these smaller foraminifers colonized the larger ones in this area. Most likely, the host foraminifers provided a stable platform for feeding. In addition, if the host was living, its motility could have prevented the smaller foraminifers from being smothered in this high sediment accumulation setting. Thus, these larger foraminifers act as convenient “benthic islands” (Taylor and Wilson, 2003) for their epibionts. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.