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Bookmark or Share- Foraminifera - WikipediaForaminifera (/ f ə ˌ r æ m ə ˈ n ɪ f ə r ə / fə-RAM-ə-NIH-fə-rə; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of Rhizarian protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an external shell (called a "test") of ...
- Foraminifera - an overview | ScienceDirect TopicsForaminifera are enormously successful organisms and a dominant deep-sea life form. These amoeboid protists are characterized by a netlike (granuloreticulate) system of pseudopodia and a life cycle that is often complex but typically involves an alternation of sexual and asexual generations.
- Foraminifera - The World Foraminifera DatabaseForaminifera (‘hole bearers’), foraminifers or forams for short, are a large phylum of amoeboid protozoans (single celled) with reticulating pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net.
- Foraminifera - Smithsonian OceanThey are the shells of microscopic organisms called foraminifera, which build intricate shells from the calcium carbonate they collect while drifting through the water. Their shells have settled on the seafloor for 500 million years, and are used by scientists to study the earth's changing climate.
- Foraminifera - British Geological SurveyForaminifera are amoeba-like, single-celled protists (very simple micro-organisms). They have been called ‘armoured amoebae’ because they secrete a tiny shell (or ‘test’) usually between about a half and one millimetre long.
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