1) Animal order 2) Foraminifers 3) Order foraminifera
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The Foraminifera (`hole bearers`, or forams for short) are a phylum or class of amoeboid protists. They are characterized both by their thin pseudopodia that form an external net for catching food, and they usually have an external shell, or test, made of various materials and constructed in diverse forms. Most forams are aquatic, primarily mari.....
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• (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
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A class of oceanic protozoa most of which have shells composed of calcite.
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Group of Rhizopod Protozoa that secrete a test (‘shell`) and have slender pseudopods that extend beyond the test and unite to form networks. Allogromia is a genus within this group. Extensive remains of Foraminiferan tests are found in sedimentary rocks from the Ordovician to the present.
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Fo·ram`i·nif'e·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
foramen ,
-aminis , a foramen +
ferre to bear.]
(Zoology) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, wh...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: fō-ram′i-nif′ĕr-ă, for′ă-mi-nif′er-ă Definitions: 1. A subclass of Rhizopoda possessing anastomosing pseudopodia; these form a network around the cell that usually develops into a complex calcareous shell; an important component of the ocean bottom and of rockbeds overlying ...
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Foraminifera is an order of animals of low type belonging to the class Rhizopoda, of the Phylum Protozoa, furnished with a shell or test, simple or complex, usually perforated by pores called foramina from which the animals get their name.
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A class of oceanic protozoa most of which have shells composed of calcite.
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(L: foramen an opening/hole; fera=bearing; ferre to bear) are small single-celled marine organisms with perforated shells made of lime. They are important in forming chalk deposits and deep-sea oozes. Protozoans of the order Foraminifera, having perforated chalky shells through which amoeba-like pseudopodia emerge. Foraminifers usually live on the ...
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Protozoan group, individuals of which usually secrete a calcareous test; both planktonic and benthic representatives
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order Foraminifera noun foraminifers
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Any marine protozoan of the order Foraminiferida, with shells of calcium carbonate. Their shells have pores through which filaments project. Some form part of the plankton, others live on the sea bottom. The many-chambered
Globigerina is part of the plankton. Its shells eventually form much of the chalky ooze of the ocean flo...
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Single-celled organisms (protists) with a hard shell. Minute single celled 'armoured amoeba' (protoctista) that secrete a calcareous shell and live in the sea.
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