wall closeup
Description:
This SEM image shows the two distinct particle types that make up the foram's agglutinated wall. The outer surface is made of fine, black or brown particles, and is underlain by a much thicker layer of sponge spicules and small quartz particles. Image courtesy of Andrew J. Gooday, Southampton Oceanography Centre. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 22:129-146 (1992) and is used with permission.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Retaria
- Foraminifera (foraminifers)
- Monothalamea
- Astrorhizida
- Rhabdamminidae
- Astrorhizina
- Astrorhizoidea
- Bathysiphoninae
- Bathysiphon
- Bathysiphon major
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