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Foraminifera - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/foram/foramintro.html
Introduction to the taxonomic group and information on their appearance in the fossil record where they can be used to date rocks, their life history, ecology and morphology. |
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Foraminifera - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera
Information from Wikipedia on these amoeboid protists with a test or shell, their diversity and life cycle and use as fossils in dating rocks. |
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Xenophyophore - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophyophore
Article from Wikipedia on these strange marine organisms which genetic studies suggest should be included in the phylum Foraminifera. |
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Foraminifera - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/foram.html
Information on these single celled organisms with diagrams and images. |
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Gromia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gromia
Information from Wikipedia on this genus of marine and freshwater amoeboids, closely resembling some foraminiferans, but sometimes classified under the phylum Cercozoa. |
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Giant of the Protozoa - http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_giants.pdf
Provides a lesson plan for a course on xenophyophores and how they interact with other species, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
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What are Foraminifera? - http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/foram/whatarefor.htm
Forams as they are usually known, are abundant in all the oceans. Information on their biology, what they eat, what eats them, and their use in dating rocks and as environmental indicators. |
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Geomarine Research - http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bw.hayward/
Information about a New Zealand company engaged in the study of modern and fossil marine foraminifera. Includes abstracts of publications and discussions of research methods. |
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The Collection and Mounting of Foraminifera - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/bdforam3.html
Information on how the amateur collector can find Foraminifera on the shore and can clean and mount them for display. |
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Image Gallery - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb04/cbforam.html
Photographs of about twenty species of foraminifera collected from an estuary in the Netherlands. |