Taxonomy and Distribution of Recent Benthic Foraminifera from Bir Ali Beach, Shabwah Governorate, Arabian Sea, Yemen

Authors : Mohammed Al-wosabi, Munif Mohammed, Fahad Basardah

Pages : 383-432

Doi:10.25288/tjb.327047

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Publication Date : 2017-08-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :One hundred and eleven benthic foraminiferal species belonging to 36 genera, 25 families,  16 superfamilies and 4 suborders were identified from twenty samples collected from Bir Ali beach on  the Yemeni Arabian Sea coastline. The benthic foraminifera assemblages were dominated by species  belonging to Miliolina suborder with 71 species and 17 genera, followed by Rotaliina with 29 species  and 14 genera, Textulariina 9 species and 3 genera and Lagenina 2 species and 2 genera. The distribution  of recent shallow-water benthic foraminifera in surface sediment samples is in varians from sample to  another. Higher abundance of genus Quinqueloculina is recorded in almost all the samples of the study  area. The recorded assemblages show a high similarity to the foraminiferal assemblages of the IndoPacific  region, East African  coast and Red Sea.
Keywords : Arabian Sea, Bir Ali Beach, Recent benthic foraminifera, Shabwah, Yemen