taxonID	type	description	language	source
6134879555321A74F5A02AECAFEDE2BD.taxon	description	Figs 3 A, 3 D	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555321A74F5A02AECAFEDE2BD.taxon	discussion	Remarks: G. cultrata is very similar to G. menardii, but differs in having a thinner, more delicate test wall and a narrower peripheral keel. Saito et al. (1981) considered G. cultrata a synonym of G. menardii, whereas Bolli and Saunders (1985) recognized it as a subspecies, G. menardii cultrata. Distribution: A tropical species, abundant in warm-water regions, but isolated specimens could appear up to 56 ˚ N in the Atlantic. Quite rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555321A74F5DA28A6AFCEE48B.taxon	description	Figs 4 A – C	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555321A74F5DA28A6AFCEE48B.taxon	description	Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 133, pl. XI, figs 1 – 3. Test size variable, usually medium-sized, low trochospiral with 4 subglobular chambers in the final whorl. On umbilical side chambers more inflated than on spiral side, increasing moderately in size as added. Aperture interiomarginal, a high, wide arch. Remarks: G. inflata differs from other Globorotalia species encountered in having subglobular chambers and in lacking a keel. Distribution: This species characterizes cool-temperate waters. It is uncommon in the tropical region (Bylinskaya et al. 2002) and very rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555321A72F50C2EEEAD6AE0F5.taxon	description	Figs 3 B, 3 E	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555321A72F50C2EEEAD6AE0F5.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Equatorial to tropical waters. Only four specimens were found in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555341A72F5B72956AEEBE55B.taxon	description	Figs 3 G, 3 H	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555341A72F5B72956AEEBE55B.taxon	description	figs 2 a – d; Loeblich & Tappan 1987: 475, pl. 515, figs 4 – 6; 1994: 101, pl. 183, figs 7 – 12; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 137, pl. IX, figs 13, 14.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555341A72F5B72956AEEBE55B.taxon	discussion	Remarks: G. tumida has a more elongate and thick test than G. menardii, with a less lobulate periphery and an angular final chamber. Distribution: An equatorial / tropical species, appearing in warm-water regions only. A single specimen was found in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555341A72F5DE2FC9AFBCE788.taxon	description	Figs 3 C, 3 F, 3 I	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555341A72F5DE2FC9AFBCE788.taxon	description	& Saunders 1985: 230, figs 32.2; Loeblich & Tappan 1994: 101, pl. 182, figs 1 – 12. Globorotalia menardii ungulata Bermúdez: Todd 1964: 1093, pl. 295, fig. 3; Todd 1965: 71, pl. 28, fig. 3. Small to medium biconvex trochospiral test with about 5 wedge-shaped chambers in the final whorl. On the spiral side chambers slightly reniform, nearly flat; on the ventral side, subtriangular, inflated. The final chamber has a high umbilical shoulder. Peripheral keel thin. Aperture interiomarginal, a very low slit-like opening at the base of umbilical shoulder with a large plate-like umbilical lip. Remarks: This species can be easily recognized by its high umbilical face and its thin, shiny, elliptical test. Because of its elongate, somewhat inflated test G. ungulata was occasionally considered to be related to G. tumida; however, we believe it to be closer to the G. menardii – G. cultrata complex. Distribution: Equatorial and tropical waters. Quite rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555361A70F5E82BACA843E273.taxon	description	Figs 4 E, 4 F, 4 H, 4 I	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555361A70F5E82BACA843E273.taxon	description	Neogloboquadrina dutertrei (d’Orbigny): Saito et al. 1981: 111, pl. 36, figs 1 a – c, 2; Cimerman & Langer 1991: 57, pl. 60, fig. 1. Test variable in size, usually medium, a medium-height trochospire with 4 – 6 subspherical to radially slightly flattened chambers in the final whorl. Chambers increase slowly in size as added, sutures depressed. Aperture a wide and deep opening directly into umbilicus. Remarks: A few individuals with a lower trochospire and more umbilical aperture were found (Figs 4 F, 4 I) in our material. These forms may be identified as N. eggeri (Rhumbler, 1901). Saito et al. (1981) separate these species on the basis of a higher spire in N. dutertrei, but Kennett and Srinivasan (1983) suppose that N. eggeri is a junior synonym of N. dutertrei. We tend to agree with the latter opinion at this stage. N. dutertrei differs from N. incompta in having a bigger and less compact test, and in having more chambers in the final whorl. Distribution: Equatorial and tropical waters. A common species in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555361A70F5C628DEAF96E5F3.taxon	description	Figs 4 D, 4 G	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555361A70F5C628DEAF96E5F3.taxon	description	Test small with partly embracing chambers, 4 or 4.5 globular chambers in the final whorl. Aperture umbilical, interiomarginal but extending almost to the periphery, a low arch with a thin projecting rim. Wall thin, finely porous, granular. Remarks: Differs from N. dutertrei in being smaller and in having a more compact test. Distribution: North Atlantic (surface plankton), latest Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments from northern Japan. Only two specimens were recorded in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555361A7FF5142E21AF1EE02D.taxon	description	Figs 5 A, 5 D	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555361A7FF5142E21AF1EE02D.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species can easily be identified by its rounded polished (glossy) test, being very compact, with embracing chambers. Distribution: Equatorial and tropical waters. Rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555391A7FF5FB2AFCAF1DE4E1.taxon	description	Figs 5 B, 5 E Globigerina glutinata: Egger 1893: 371, pl. 13, figs 19 – 21. Globigerinita glutinata (Egger): Parker 1962: 246 – 249, pl. 9, figs 1 – 16; 1967: 146, pl. 17, figs 3 – 5; Pflaumann & Krasheninnikov 1978: 890, pl. 2, figs 4 – 6; Saito et al. 1981: 77, pl. 22, figs 1 – 7; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 125, pl. I, figs 4 – 6. Tinophodella ambitacrena (Loeblich & Tappan, 1957): Bolli & Saunders 1985: 188, fig. 17.6; Loeblich & Tappan 1987: 481, pl. 525, figs 10 – 15. Small to medium trochospiral test with 4 globular chambers in the final whorl; chambers spherical to slightly flattened radially. Primary aperture umbilical, a low arch with a thin lip. Bulla of variable configuration may cover sutures on umbilical side. Distribution: Cosmopolitan, equatorial to subpolar latitudes. This species is most abundant in subtropical and temperate sediments (Bylinskaya et al. 2002), but is quite rare in our material. Superfamily Globigerinaceae Carpenter, Parker & Jones, 1862 Family Globigerinidae Carpenter, Parker & Jones, 1862 Subfamily Globigerininae Carpenter, Parker & Jones, 1862 Genus Globigerina d’Orbigny, 1826 Globigerina bulloides d’Orbigny, 1826 Figs 5 G – I Globigerina bulloides: d’Orbigny 1826: 277, list no. 1; Parker et al. 1865: 21, 31, pl. II, figs 55, 56; Brady 1879: 285; Banner & Blow 1960: 3 – 4, pl. 1, figs 1 a – c, 4; Parker 1962: 221, pl. 1, figs 1 – 8; Loeblich & Tappan 1987: 489, pl. 535, figs 1 – 7; Saito et al. 1981: 40, pl. 7, figs 1 a – d; Loeblich & Tappan 1994: 105 – 106, pl. 197, figs 1 – 9; Basov & Krasheninnikov 1995: pl. IV, figs 5, 6; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 126, pl. I, figs 9 – 11. Test size variable, trochospiral, well lobulated, with 4 chambers in the final whorl slowly increasing in size. Chambers spherical or slightly ovoid. Aperture umbilical, interiomarginal, a high arch. Wall smoothly perforated. Remarks: The species differs from G. falconensis in having a high aperture without a lip. G. bulloides has a more hispid and thicker wall than does Globigerinella calida. Distribution: A cosmopolitan species, equatorial to subpolar waters. Most abundant in the temperate Atlantic. It is also known for its association with upwelling zones (Bylinskaya et al. 2002). This species is very rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555391A7EF5C32D50AFA4E0B0.taxon	description	Figs 6 A – C Globigerina falconensis: Blow 1959: 177, pl. 9, figs 40 a – c, 41; Parker 1962: 224, pl. 1, figs 14, 16 – 19; Brönnimann & Resig 1971: 1295 – 1296; Saito et al. 1981: 40, 42, pl. 7, figs 2 a – d. Small to medium trochospiral test, with 4 spherical chambers in the final whorl. The last chamber is typically smaller than the previous one and ovoid in shape. Aperture umbilical, interiomarginal, a low arch with a thick lip. Remarks: The species is characterized by a very large variation, and does not always have a reduced last chamber. It can easily be separated from G. bulloides by the smaller aperture with a lip on the last chamber. Distribution: Subtropical to temperate waters. Very rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555381A7EF5D32A99ADAEE27C.taxon	description	Figs 5 C, 5 F	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555381A7EF5D32A99ADAEE27C.taxon	description	Small, low trochospiral test, with 5 subglobular chambers, slightly flattened radially, in the final whorl. The last chamber is elongated and can partially cover the umbilicus like a bulla. Aperture umbilical, interiomarginal with rim-like basal lip. Remarks: G. quinqueloba differs from other Globigerina species encountered in having five subglobular chambers, slightly flattened radially, in the final whorl. Distribution: Temperate, subarctic and subantarctic. This species is an indicator of cold-water conditions (Bé & Hutson 1977; Bylinskaya et al. 2002). A single specimen was found in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555381A7EF5AE28E5AFBEE4BF.taxon	description	Figs 6 D – F	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555381A7EF5AE28E5AFBEE4BF.taxon	description	Small trochospiral test with 4 globular chambers in final whorl. Subspherical chambers closely packed, sutures distinct. Aperture umbilical, a high open arch with an imperforate thin rim-like lip. Wall coarsely perforated. Remarks: This species occasionally has a distinctive pink to red pigmentation in the Late Pleistocene and younger sediments of the Atlantic (Saito et al. 1981; Bylinskaya et al. 2002). Red-coloured forms have not yet been found in surface sediments of the Indian Ocean. The species differs from Globigerinoides tenellus and Globigerinoides ruber in having a more lobulate periphery and in the absence of supplementary apertures; and from other Globigerina species in having a coarsely perforate wall. Distribution: Temperate to equatorial waters. Very rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553A1A7BF5AF2BACAD6CE36D.taxon	description	Figs 6 G – I	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553A1A7BF5AF2BACAD6CE36D.taxon	description	Size variable. Low trochospiral test with about 4 initially spherical to slightly radially elongate chambers. Embracing loose so that the final chamber is almost completely detached from the previous whorl and the aperture is visible from the lateral and even spiral side (appears as slit); sutures deep. The aperture is developed as a large umbilical arch. Remarks: Differs from Globigerina bulloides in loose embracing, radial elongation of the final chambers, visible aperture (slit) on the spiral side, and in having a thinner and less hispid wall. It also differs from juvenile trochoid Globigerinella siphonifera in having less involute chambers and a less hispid surface of the wall. Distribution: G. calida appears in most of the climatic areas from equatorial to temperate, but is never abundant in assemblages (Bylinskaya et al. 2002). This species is rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553D1A7BF51729C9AD33E5BC.taxon	description	Figs 7 A, 7 B, 7 D, 7 E	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553D1A7BF51729C9AD33E5BC.taxon	description	1985: 253, figs 42.6; 43.5 – 7, 9, 10; Loeblich & Tappan 1987: 489, pl. 535, figs 8 – 12; Cimerman & Langer 1991: 57, pl. 60, figs 4, 5.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553D1A7BF51729C9AD33E5BC.taxon	description	pl. 200, figs 7 – 10; pl. 201, figs 1 – 3; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 125, pl. I, figs 1 – 3. This species is very variable, with the test varying from very low trochospiral to planispiral. The test is medium to large. Chambers are spherical to ovate, rapidly enlarging in the adult whorl. Sutures distinct and depressed. The aperture appears as a low, wide symmetrical equatorial arch in the interiomarginal position. Remarks: G. siphonifera is more hispid than Hastigerina pelagica, and more tightly coiled and planispiral than Globigerinella calida. Distribution: Tropical – subtropical waters. It appears in practically all our samples, in low abundance.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553D1A7AF51D2FBBAE7CE78B.taxon	description	Figs 7 C, 7 F	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553D1A7AF51D2FBBAE7CE78B.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The test of this species is very similar to that of Globigerina bulloides, and it is normally characterized by a wide primary aperture (Bolli & Saunders 1985). Our specimen has an atypically small primary aperture with a thin lip, similar to that of Globigerina falconensis. However, it differs from both G. bulloides and G. falconensis in having a supplementary aperture. G. bulloideus differs from Globigerinoides tenellus in being larger and in having slowly increasing non-embracing chambers. Distribution: Known from the Middle Miocene of Italy (Bolli & Saunders 1985). Temperate waters, found in Atlantic Quaternary cores (Bylinskaya, unpubl. data). Very rare, two specimens in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553F1A79F51A2B8CAD2EE3B9.taxon	description	Figs 8 A – D	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553F1A79F51A2B8CAD2EE3B9.taxon	description	1 a – d; Cimerman & Langer 1991: 57, pl. 60, figs 6, 7; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 127, pl. III, figs 4, 5. Alloglobigerinoides conglobatus (Brady): Loeblich & Tappan 1994: 105, pl. 193, figs 5 – 10; pl. 194, figs 1 – 3. Test large, medium to high trochospire, subglobular or subquadrate in outline. In the final whorl there are about 3.5 subspherical chambers, rapidly increasing as added but greatly embracing. Primary aperture umbilical, interiomarginal, a long, low asymmetrical arch; secondary supplementary apertures smaller, arch-shaped openings on spiral side. Remarks: G. conglobatus has a larger and more compact test in adults, and more embracing chambers in juveniles, than does G. ruber. Distribution: Equatorial to temperate waters. It appears in practically half of our samples, in low abundance.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553F1A79F5EF299DAC80E789.taxon	description	Figs 9 A – E	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553F1A79F5EF299DAC80E789.taxon	description	Globigerinoides ruber (d’Orbigny): Parker 1962: 230, 232, pl. 3, figs 11 – 14, pl. 4, figs 1 – 10; Todd 1965: 63, pl. 25, fig. 6; Pflaumann & Krasheninnikov 1978: 889, pl. 3, figs 1 – 6; Saito et al. 1981: 59, pl. 15, figs 1 a – d; Bolli & Saunders 1985: 196, figs 20.1, 2, 6; Cimerman & Langer 1991: 58, pl. 60, fig. 9; Loeblich & Tappan 1994: 107, pl. 203, figs 1 – 9; pl. 206, figs 10 – 12; Basov & Krasheninnikov 1995: pl. V, figs 3, 4; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 128, pl. III, figs 6, 7. Test small to medium, variable, low or high trochospiral, with 3 characteristic globular chambers in the final whorl and a drop-shaped primary aperture situated symmetrically above suture between two previous chambers. Secondary supplementary apertures are smaller openings on the spiral side. Test may have pink to red pigmentation. Remarks: The pink-colored forms have not been found in surface sediments of the Indo-Pacific area (Bé & Hutson, 1977; Saito et al. 1981), where they have disappeared at about 120 ka (Thompson et al. 1979). Many specimens in the Indo-Pacific area which could be considered pink varieties have an early whorl or two of light pink chambers and gradually become white in later chambers (Saito et al. 1981). In our material we also found seven individuals that show aberrant features (Figs 9 D, 9 E; Table 2). Their tests are medium to large, medium – high trochospiral, very loosely embracing, with 4 – 5 subglobular slightly flattened chambers in the final whorl. The last chamber is completely detached from the previous whorl and is connected with the penultimate chamber only. The test wall is spinose, strongly perforated. The primary aperture is umbilical, in the form of a broad and deep arch. Secondary apertures are smaller, semicircular or drop-shaped. This form was mentioned as G. ruber forma helicina (Saito et al. 1981: 165, pl. 56, fig. 7), but coiling in our material is markedly looser than illustrated in the aforementioned work. Distribution: Equatorial to temperate waters, most abundant in the tropical and subtropical areas; it is indicative of warm-water conditions. The species is abundant in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A78F5C92B8CAEA3E20D.taxon	description	Figs 8 G – I	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A78F5C92B8CAEA3E20D.taxon	description	Globigerinoides quadrilobatus sacculifer (Brady): Parker 1962: 229, pl. 3, figs 6 – 10. Globigerinoides sacculifer (Brady): Todd 1965: 63 – 64, pl. 26, fig. 4; Parker 1967: 156 – 158, pl. 21, figs 1, 2, 4, text-fig. 5; Saito et al. 1981: 65 – 66, pl. 17, fig. 2; Basov & Krasheninnikov 1995: pl. V, figs 8, 9; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 128, pl. IV, figs 1, 2.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A78F5C92B8CAEA3E20D.taxon	description	Medium to large, low trochospiral test with 3 to 4 globular chambers in the final whorl. Chambers spherical to slightly flattened radially, very rapidly increasing, partly embracing. Final chamber usually incompletely inflated, having a sac-like appearance. Primary aperture interiomarginal, umbilical, a low but quite wide symmetrical arch; supplementary apertures elliptical or subtriangular. Remarks: The species differs from G. trilobus in the characteristic sac-like shape of the last chamber and in being generally larger. Distribution: A tropical species, it is an indicator of warm-water conditions. It appears in practically all our samples, in small numbers.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A78F5A72879AE37E438.taxon	description	Figs 7 G – I	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A78F5A72879AE37E438.taxon	description	Globoturborotalita tenella (Parker): Loeblich & Tappan 1994: 108, pl. 198, figs 7 – 15; pl. 204, figs 9 – 11. Small trochospiral test with strongly lobate equatorial outline, with 4 globular chambers in final whorl. Subspherical chambers greatly embracing without distinct sutures, rapidly enlarging. Primary aperture umbilical, an open and high arch (almost circular in outline) with a thin lip, secondary aperture (s) small and narrow, but visible on even the smallest specimens. Remarks: The species differs from G. rubescens in having supplementary aperture (s) and a smoother wall, and from G. ruber by its more lobulate periphery and low trochospire. Distribution: Equatorial to temperate waters. The species is never numerous in assemblages, and very rare in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A67F5DC2E26AE12E04C.taxon	description	Figs 8 E, 8 F	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
61348795553E1A67F5DC2E26AE12E04C.taxon	description	Globigerinoides trilobus (Reuss): Loeblich & Tappan 1994: 107, pl. 206, figs 1 – 6; Basov & Krasheninnikov 1995: pl. V, figs 5 – 7; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 129, pl. IV, figs 3, 4. Test medium in size, with 3 – 3.5 globular chambers in the final whorl. The primary aperture is in the form of a low, quite wide symmetrical arch. Remarks: Differs from G. sacculifer by its globular last chamber, and from G. ruber in the general chamber arrangement and the form of the primary aperture. Distribution: A tropical species, indicative of warm-water conditions. It appears in practically all our samples, in low abundance.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555201A66F51B28E4ADCBE40D.taxon	description	Figs 9 F, 9 G	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555201A66F51B28E4ADCBE40D.taxon	description	Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (Parker & Jones): Cushman 1927 a, 90, pl. 19, fig. 2; Parker 1962: 234, pl. 5, figs 1, 2; Todd 1965: 67 – 68, pl. 26, figs 5, 6; Saito et al. 1981: 72, 74, pl. 20, figs 2 a – d; Bolli & Saunders 1985: 244, figs 39.1 – 8; Basov & Krasheninnikov 1995: pl. V, figs 11, 12; Bylinskaya et al. 2002: 137, pl. IV, fig. 10. Remarks: This species demonstrates a very wide variation in the size and shape of the test, and in the development of apertures. Distribution: Equatorial to tropical waters, warm-water species. We found three specimens in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555201A65F5A32E2CA834E04D.taxon	description	Fig. 9 H	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
6134879555201A65F5A32E2CA834E04D.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species is very distinctive in having two life stages, viz. a multichambered trochospiral stage followed by a single-chambered spherical stage (Bé et al. 1973). However, the trochospiral form was not found in our material. Distribution: Equatorial to temperate waters. Exceptionally abundant in our material.	en	Ovechkina, Maria N., Bylinskaya, Marina E., Uken, Ron (2010): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 231, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0202, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0202
