MODERN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA "PHYLUM FORAMINIFERA (D'ORBIGNY, 1826)" OF THE PANAMA BIGHT: A CENSUS REPORT BASED ON THANATOCOENOSES FROM THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE.

ANGÉLICA BALLESTEROS PRADA

Advances in South American Micropaleontology, Selected Papers of the 11th Argentine Paleontological Congress

Springer

Año: 2018;

This contribution compiles the published reports of the Foraminiferal assemblages in the Panama Bight (Eastern Equatorial Pacific) and new information generate from a set samples localized in the continental margin of Panama Bight, with the purpose of illustrate an updated taxonomic list and explore the presence and richness of the species along this region. A total of 417 species and 149 genera have been reported so far, mostly hyaline organisms. The species richness suggests a latitudinal variation, with the highest values in the continental margin of Ecuador and Colombia and the lowest values in the continental slope of Panama.