Table 3. Summary of worldwide benthic foraminifera distribution in mangrove-dominated settings. Species are listed by order of decreasing abundance.
 
Area
Mangrove Species
BERMUDA
Steinker and Butcher, 1981
Helenina anderseni
Spiroloculina hyalina
Discorinopsis aguayoi
Trochammina inflata
Rosalina floridana
FLORIDA-BAHAMAS
Goldstein, 1976
Trochammina inflata
Triloculina oblonga
Discorinopsis aguayoi
Ammonia beccarii
Archaias angulatus
Quniqueloculina poeyana
Q. bosciana
open-water species:
Haplophragmoides canariensis
Q. bidentata polygona
Q. seminulum
Massilina protea
Sigmoilina subpoeyana
Triloculina bassensis
T. bermudezi
T. fitterei meningoi
T. linneiana
T. quadrilateralis
Elphidium discoidale
Cribroelphidium poeyanum
FLORIDA-BAHAMAS
Phleger, 1965
Ammobaculites exiguus
ammotium salsum
Miliammina fusca
FLORIDA-BAHAMAS
Rose & Lidz, 1977; Hallock et al., 1993
Discorinopsis aguayoi
Trochammina inflata
Quinqueloculina tenagos
Androsina lucasi
TOBAGO
Radford, 1974
Siphotrochammina lobata
Trochammina laevigata
TRINIDAD
Todd & Bronniman, 1957; Saunders, 1957, 1958; Drooger & Kaasschieter, 1958
(South Caribbean)
Siphotrochammina lobata
Trochammina spp.
Miliammina spp.
Haplophragmoides spp.
Ammobaculites spp.
Trochamminita spp.
Ammotium salsum
Tiphotrocha comprimata
Thecamoebians
PUERTO RICO
(Culver, 1990)
Trochammina squamata
T. cf. T. globigeriformis
Ammobaculites dilatatus
Cribrostomoides salsus
Glomospira gordialis
Gaudryina exilis
Ammonia tepida
lagoon behind mangroves:
Helenina anderseni
Nonionella auricula
Bolivina striatula
Elphidium spp.
Rosalina floridana
Discorbis murrayi
BARBUDA
Brasier, 1975a
(North Caribbean)
swamp:
Ammonia beccarii
Triloculina oblonga
Miliolinella labiosa
creek:
Triloculina oblonga
Quinqueloculina subpoeyana
Triloculina rotunda
Amphisorus hemprichii
BRAZIL
Zaninetti et al., 1977; 1979; Hiltermann et al., 1981; Scott et al., 1990.
Arenoparella mexicana
Iridia sp.
Haplophragmoides wilberti
Siphotrochammina elegans
S. lobata
Trochammina inflata
Crithionina sp.
Trochamminita salsa
Polysaccammina ipohalina
Lituola ? salsa
Miliammina fusca
Bahianofuscus pontei
Ammotium spp.
Ammoastuta spp.
Chitinosaccus guaratibaensis
external mangrove/bay:
Ammobaculites spp.
Ammoscalaria sp.
Trochammina spp.
Pseudoclavulina spp.
Ammonia beccarii
Discorbis sp.
Discorinopsis ? vadescens
Elphidium spp.
Quinqueloculina sp.
EQUATOR
Boltovskoy and Vidarte, 1977
Arenoparella mexicana
Miliammina fusca
Trochammina inflata
Ammoastuta inepta
Ammotium salsum
Pseudoclavulina gracilis
Siphotrochammina lobata
Sulcophax palustris (Pseudothurammina limnetis?)
Tiphotrocha comprimata
Ammonia beccarii parkinsonia
Ammotium directum
Involutina minutissima
Quinqueloculina miletti
Textularia earlandi
rare:
Discorbis peruvianus
Elphidium excavatum
E. oceanensis
Discorinopsis vadescens
(=D. aguayoi?)
Glomospira glomerata
Haplophragmoides wilberti
Trochammina macrescens
Ammotium spp.
Cribrostomoides salsum (=Trochamminita salsa)
Thecamoebian:
Difflugia pyriformis
COLUMBIA
(Boltovskoy and Hincapie de Martinez, 1983)
endemic species:
Ammotium salsum
Ammobaculites exiguus
Arenoparella mexicana
near-shore species:
Trochammina inflata
Ammonia parkinsonniana
Pararotalia magdalenensis
Palmerinella palmerae
Elphidium spp.
Bolivina spp.
Discorbis spp.
Miliolinella subrotunda
Pseudononion japonicum
Quinqueloculina miletti
Q. semilunum
Buliminella elegantissima
Discorinopsis aguayoi
Textularia earlandi
NEW ZEALAND
(Gregory, 1973; Hayward et al., 1996, 1999)
Trochammina inflata
Tr. macrescens
Miliammina fusca
M. obliqua
M. pelita
Haplophragmoides wilberti
H. canariense
Trochamminita salsa
Ammotium fragile
Pseudothurammina limnetis
Polysaccamina ipohalina
Elphidium excavatum
E. advenum
Haynesina depressula
Helenina anderseni
Rheophax moniliforme
Textularia earlandi
Ammobaculites exiguus
Elphidium gunteri
Ammonia beccarii
Thecamoebians:
Difflugia sp.
Centropyxis sp.
SUNDA SHELF
(SOUTH CHINA SEA)
(Biswas, 1976)
Arenoparella mexicana
Haplophragmodium salsum
Haplophragmoides wilberti
Miliammina pariaensis
Trochammina laevigata
SENEGAL
(Debenay et al., 1989)
Ammotium salsum
Arenoparella mexicana
Asterotrochammina sp.
Eggerella cf. scabra
Gaudryina exilis
Trochammina inflata
Tr. sp.
Ammonia tepida
Ammonia parkinsonia
Bolivina spp.
Discorbis sp..
Elphidium gunteri
Nonion sp.
Haplophragmoides wilberti
Trochamminita salsa
Miliammina fusca
Quinqueloculina spp.
Triloculina spp.
SINAI
(Halicz et al., 1984)
Textularia cf. T. agglutinans
Clavulina sp.
Peneroplis planatus
Spirolina arietina
Sorites spp.
Triloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp.
Rosalina sp.
Cymbaloporetta tabellaeformis
Amphistegina spp.
Ammonia beccari
Chaleengerella bradyi
Calcarina calcar
Elphidium spp.