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Fig. 5.

From: Shoreline changes and high-energy wave impacts at the leeward coast of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)

Fig. 5.

Characteristic microfossils from Saliña Tam and Klein Bonaire: 1)–20) Ostracoda, 21)–27) Foraminifera, 28) Octocorallia. 1)–7) Cyprideis sp.: 1) left side of a male carapace, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.); 2) right side of a male carapace, SAT 8 (2.51–2.43 m b.s.); 3) right side of a female carapace, SAT 8 (1.75–1.65 m b.s.); 4) interior of a female left valve, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.); 5) juvenile right valve, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.); 6) dorsal view of a female carapace, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.); 7) sieve pores of a female left valve, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.). 8)–12) Cyprideis beaveni (Tressler and Smith, 1948): 8) dorsal view of a female carapace, SAT 8 (2.43–2.38 m b.s.); 9) male left valve, SAT 8–13; 10) interior view of a male left valve, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.); 11) noded female right valve and two sieve pores, SAT 9 (2.61–2.50 m b.s.); 12) noded juvenile left valve, SAT 8 (2.57–2.51 m b.s.). 13)–20) Perissocythere cribrosa (Klie, 1933): 13) dorsal view of a female carapace, SAT 8 (3.00–2.90 m b.s.); 14) dorsal view of a male carapace, SAT 8 (3.05–2.95 m b.s.); 15) right side of a juvenile valve and a sieve pore, SAT 8 (2.86–2.81 m b.s.); 16) left side of a male carapace, SAT 8 (3.25–3.20 m b.s.); 17) right side of a male carapace, SAT 8 (3.05–2.95 m b.s.); 18) right side of a female carapace, SAT 8 (2.09–2.00 m b.s.); 19) female right valve, SAT 8 (3.25–3.20 m b.s.); 20) internal view of a male right valve, SAT 8 (3.00–2.90 m b.s.). 21)–22) Ammonia tepida? (Cushman, 1926): 21) spiral view, last chamber missing, KLB 1 (0.69–0.68 m b.s.); 22) umbilical view, KLB 1 (0.69–0.68 m b.s.). 23–25) Miliolinids, lateral views: 23) Quinqueloculina seminula (Linnaeus, 1758), SAT 8 (2.29–2.25 m b.s.); 24) Miliolinella sp. I, SAT 8 (2.80–2.73 m b.s.); 25) Miliolinella sp. II, KLB 1 (0.58–0.57 m b.s.). 26) Globigerinoides cf. immaturus (Leroy, 1939), SAT 8 (2.59–2.40 m b.s.). 27) Amphistegina sp., SAT 8 (2.59–2.40 m b.s.). 28) Sclerite of an alcyonarian coral, SAT 8 (3.25–3.20 m b.s.). Photos 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26, and 27 are light microscope photos, all others are scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures.

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