A qualitative analysis of the foraminiferal content of three underwater samples from the Zhongsha Islands yielded a total of 212 species，of which 198 species are benthonic and 14 species are planktonie. . Of the benthonie species， the calcareous perforate forms constitute 57.1% (113 species) , the calcareous imperforate forms,28.3% (56 species) and the arenaceous agglutinate forms 14.6% (29 species). They belong to 40 families and 113 genera，of which 1 genus and 23 species are new;.Of the 14 planktonic species belonging to 3 families and 9 genera，none are different from those previously reported by us from the East China Sea.and the South China Sea.