Recent benthic foraminifera from the Itaipu Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro (southeastern Brazil)

By

Raposo, Débora
Laut, Vanessa
Clemente, Iara
Martins, Virginia
Frontalini, Fabrizio
Silva, Frederico
Lorini, Maria Lucia
Fortes, Rafael
Laut, Lazaro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-9-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1959--14

Subjects

benthic foraminifera , Biodiversity , Guanabara Bay , Paleoecology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.5.1959

 

Abstract

Itaipu Lagoon is located near the mouth of Guanabara Bay and has great importance for recreation to the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Several studies have documented foraminiferan diversity at Guanabara Bay, but none in Itaipu Lagoon. Therefore, this study lists and provides images of foraminiferal species collected from Itaipu Lagoon. A total of 35 species belonging to 23 genera were collected, grouped in 17 families and four orders. Ammonia tepida was the species with the highest occurrence. This study represents a baseline work for future investigations.