Table 1 Summary of the ecology of dominant foraminiferal species based on the references.

Adercotryma glomeratum

Motile behaviour (epifaunal to infaunal modes)^{24, 36, 46}

Opportunism^{24, 36, 46}

Alabaminella weddellensis

Epifaunal mode^{17, 18, 24, 30,31,32,33}

Opportunism^{18, 24, 30,31,32,33}

Phytodetritus¹⁸

Cassidulina neoteretis

Infaunal mode⁶⁴

Opportunism⁶⁴

High productivity⁶⁴

Modified/cooled Atlantic water⁶⁴

Stable salinities⁶⁴

Fine-grained sediments⁶⁴

Cassidulina reniforme

Motile behaviour (epifaunal to infaunal modes)^{37, 65}

Cold-water areas⁴⁴

Seasonal sea-ice coverage⁴⁴

Muddy sediments⁴⁴

Epistominella arctica

Epifaunal mode^{19, 28}

Opportunism^{19, 28}

Phytodetritus^{19, 28}

Oligotrophic environments²⁸

Hormosinelloides guttifer

Motile behaviour (epifaunal to infaunal modes)^{46, 55}

Ioanella tumidula

Epifaunal mode³⁸

Fine grained sediments³⁸

Water depths between 1500 and 3000 m³⁸

Seasonally ice-free areas³⁸

Lagenammina arenulata

No prior reports describe the environmental preferences of this species

Melonis zaandami

Infaunal mode²⁸

High productivity^{26, 27}

Quinqueloculina akneriana

No prior reports describe the environmental preferences of this species