Star sand (species: Baculogypsina sphaerulata) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Baculogypsina sphaerulata
Star sand


©Martina Prazeres: Baculogypsina sphaerulata from Coconut Beach, Lizard Island. Microscope photo, identified by Martina Prazeres.

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Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Foraminifera
Class Globothalamea
Order Rotaliida
Family Calcarinidae
Genus Baculogypsina
Species Baculogypsina sphaerulata

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Extremely common, especially at Coconut Beach.

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References

  • Baccaert, J. (1986). Foraminiferal bio- and thanatocoenoses of reef flats, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Nature of substrate, Annls Soc. r. zool. Belg., 116: 3-14. LIRS catalog number 443.
  • Baccaert, J. (1987). Distribution patterns and taxonomy of benthic foraminifera in the Lizard Island reef complex, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Vol. 1: Distribution patterns, 146 pp + plates; Vol. 2: Taxonomy, 290 pp; Vol. 3: Atlas of foraminifera, 225 pp, 109 pla, Ph.D. thesis, Université de Liege, Belgium. LIRS catalog number 494.
  • Ford, M.R. (2010). Sedimentological implications of durability and physical taphonomic processes on a fringing reef, Lizard Island, Australia. PhD thesis, University of Auckland. LIRS catalog number 1528.
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