Description, distribution and ecology of living Reophax pyriformis n. sp. (Campos Basin, South Atlantic Ocean)

  • Cintia Yamashita*
  • , Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa
  • , Michael A. Kaminski
  • , Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
  • , Carlos Eduardo Leão Elmadjian
  • , Renata Hanae Nagai
  • , Naira Tiemi Yamamoto
  • , Eduardo Apostolos Machado Koutsoukos
  • , Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The distribution of living (rose Bengal stained) Reophax pyriformis Yamashita, Sousa and Kaminski, n. sp., an agglutinated benthic foraminiferal species, was analyzed in the area of the Campos Basin (southeastern Brazilian continental margin). The study is based on 34 oceanographic stations (54 samples), located between 400 m and 3000 m water depth. The distribution of living R. pyriformis n.sp. density is compared to sedimentological parameters, such as total organic carbon, total nitrogen, calcium carbonate, phytopigment, lipids biomarkers (sterols, fatty acids and n-alcohols), total lipids, and bacterial biomass, as well as the particulate organic matter flux to the seafloor. This species was found in the range of 1000–1200 m water depth, with an average living depth of 1.52 cm in the sediment. The distribution of this species seems to be related to lipid biomarkers (allochthone and/or continental derivative, zooplankton and/or fauna, phytoplankton or primary producers) and total organic carbon under the influence of Intermediate Western Boundary Current conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100360
JournalRevue de Micropaleontologie
Volume64
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019

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Keywords

  • Agglutinated benthic foraminifera
  • Lipid biomarkers
  • Reophax
  • Total organic carbon
  • Western Boundary Current

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Paleontology

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