A poor bathyal Foraminifera-community inhabiting the deeper muddy bottoms of the Gulf of Taranto (Ionian Sea) is described. Characterizing species are: Cyclammina cancellata Br., Pyrgo bulloides (d'Orb.), Spiofihanes kroyeri Gr. var. reyssi Laub., Amphicteis gunnerì (Sars) Ninoe kinbergi Ehl., Tharyx marioni (St. Jos.), Melinna palmata Gr., Nucula nucleus (L.), Abra alba (Wood.), Entalina tetragona (Br.), Goneplax rhomboïdes (L.), Thenea muricata (Bow.). The standing crop is only 1.1 g per sq.m.
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