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Notice the reticulopodia protruding from pores in the edge of the test. Specimen collected in Florida, USA. Phase-contrast photomicrograph by Scott Fay, 2004.
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Specimen collected along South Texas coast. This species may sometimes be confused with Q. seminulum. Image courtesy of Pamela Stephens, Midwestern State University.
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An individual in natural surroundings. The test's chambers are particularly distinct in this photograph. The genus name
Sorites means "a heap" in Greek, and is also the name of a philosophical problem (the "
sorites paradox"). This paradox deals with the process of adding individual objects to a group: at what point do, say, individual sand grains added to a pile become "a heap of sand"? In this case, even though the foram adds its chambers one by one, it only takes one chamber to make a
Sorites. Problem solved. This individual was collected from Cook's Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia. Light micrograph by Scott Fay, 2005.
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From Laguna Madre, Texas. This species seems to have become much less common in the region in recent years, possibly due to changes in conditions caused by dredging of the Harlingen Ship Channel. Image courtesy of Pamela Stephens, Midwestern State University.
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This species is named for the prominent "lips" (L. labrum) surrounding the aperture. Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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This species has a very delicate, thin calcareous test. Sample collected at Laguna madre, Texas. Image courtesy of Pamela Stephens, Midwestern State University.
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Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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This species is often found in tidal marshes, living on filamentous algae. Sample collected at Hamble Estuary, Hampshire, England. Image courtesy of Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Originally published in the Journal of Foraminiferal Research 31:1; used with permission.
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Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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Two individuals photographed in their native environment, at Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Underwater photograph by Michele Weber, 2005.
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This aperture conformation is typical of members of the genus. Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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A large group attached to a substrate. Notice the photographer's hand at left; these single-celled organisms are approximately a centimeter across. Underwater photograph taken at Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Photo courtesy of Michele Weber, 2005.
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The biserial arrangement of the test (the youngest chamber is on top) is very evident here. Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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As this foram grows, the broad edge of the younger parts of the test may begin to branch away from each other. Here, the process is beginning with the formation of distinct lobes. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image was originally published in J. Foram. Res. 32:308-318, and is used with permission.
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Specimen collected from waters near Iceland. This species prefers warmer water (6-7 degrees C) than other members of its genus. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image first appeared in J. Foram Res. 28:240-256 and is used with permission.
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This example of the species has completely abandoned the typical coiling pattern and is growing in a rectilinear, branching pattern. The younger part of the test is to the left. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image was originally published in J. Foram. Res. 32:308-318, and is used with permission.
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Image of the holotype. This specimen is misidentified;
Flintina is not an agglutinated foram. However, identification is not possible without breaking open the holotype. Image courtesy of David B. Scott, Dalhousie University. This image was originally published in
Palaeologica Electronica, vol. 3, issue 2, and is used with the kind permission of that journal and the Paleontological Association.
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Amrum / North Sea 54.69 N, 8.33 E beach found Dec-2007
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Image of the holotype (which is mis-identified as to genus). Image courtesy of David B. Scott, Dalhousie University. This image was originally published in
Palaeologica Electronica, vol. 3, issue 2, and is used with the kind permission of that journal and the Paleontological Association.
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Amrum / North Sea 54.69 N, 8.33 E beach found Dec-2007
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Discription to come
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Amrum / North Sea 54.69 N, 8.33 E beach found Dec-2007
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Individual isolated from the Hamble estuary, southern England. Image courtesy of Dr. Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Citation: Alve, E. and Murray, J.W. Ecology and taphonomy of benthic foraminifera in a temperate mesotidal inlet. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 24:18-27.