TAXONOMIC NOTES ON SOME TINY, SHALLOW-WATER FORAMINIFERA FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF ELAT (RED-SEA)

Twenty one species of benthic foraminifera with test sizes generally smaller than 0.100mm were isolated and described from the shallow waters of Northern Gulf of Elat (Red Sea). All species belong to suborder Rotaliina, in majority to the family Rotaliellidae and Glabratellidae. Two genera: Microglabratella and Selenita, and seven species: Schaferina (?) bicornis, Rotaliella grelli, Rotaliella (?) nana, Glabratellina saidi, Microglabratella tabaensis, Selenita megalosphera, and Rubratella steinitzi are new.