Abstract

As part of the Hawaiian Biological Survey, this study reports on the distribution of nine species of sessile foraminifera collected by dredge, grab, and scuba around the Hawaiian Archipelago. The distributional survey includes data from the frontslopes of coral reefs to depths of 600 m and extends from the island of Hawaii and north to Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the North West Hawaiian Island chain. Species reported for the first time from Hawaii include Calcituba polymorpha, Discanomalina semipunctata, Halyphysema tumanowiczii, agenina divaricans, and Sageninafrondescens. Other sessile forams collected were-Ammolagena clavata, Biarritzina proteiformis, Carpenteria monticularis, and Miniacina miniacea.

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