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Conicotheca nigrans

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Conicotheca nigrans
Scientific classification
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Order:
Allogromiida
Family:
Allogromida incertae sedis
Genus:
Conicotheca
Species:
Conicotheca nigrans[1]

Conicotheca nigrans is a species of Foraminifera that is known only from the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.[2] C. nigrans has a test or outer shell of agglutinated organic materials and minerals.[2]




References

  1. ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557109
  2. ^ a b Gooday, A.J.; Todo, Y.; Uematsu, K.; Kitazato, H. (July 2008). "New organic-walled Foraminifera (Protista) from the ocean's deepest point, the Challenger Deep (western Pacific Ocean)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 153 (3): 399–423. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00393.x.