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Description:

The white surface of this 6-cm-long foraminiferan is partially hidden by sediment trapped in mucus. The mucus was probably secreted by the polychaete worm Nicolea, which has been found on the test surface and is only about 20% as long as the foram is. 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.