Description of Reticulammina
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Test free and of generally friable consistency. Hemispherical or subrectangular in overall shape and consisting of anastomosing branches and plateshaped elements which delimit open spaces. Surface xenophyae form more or less firmly cememted layer. Interior contains loose accumulations of xenophyae, between which stercomare and xenophyae interweave. Occurrence:Northeast Atlantic, Indian Ocean, west and east Pacific, Ant-arctica, bathymetric range 743-6059m. Type species Reticulammina novezealandica Tendal, 1972.
