First registration of Discorinopsis aguayoi Bermúdez and Discorinopsis vadescens Cushman and Todd from the Iraqi coast and their environmental implication

Abstract EN

Seventeen sample of sediment were collected from Iraqi coast in Khor Al-Zubair tidal flats during September 2015.

Examination of these samples revealed the occurrence of three foraminiferal species, which were Discorinopsis aguayoi, D.

vadescens and D.

tropica.

These foraminifera (except D.

tropica) were recorded for the first time in the Iraq.

The percentages of all these species, characteristic features of the tests and sediment texture were also recorded here.