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Biology/Paleobiology of Foraminifera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2017

Jere H. Lipps
Jere H. Lipps*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Foraminiferida are an order of rhizopod protozoans characterized by the presence of granuloreticulopods and a test. Together with the Order Athalamida, they are the only Rhizopoda with anastomozing pseudopodia that contain granules (Fig. 1). The difference between the Athalamida and Foraminiferida is arbitrary because some foraminifera are known to leave their tests and move about, later returning to them (Marszalek, 1969), and some Athalamida attach foreign particles to the cell surface.

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Research Article
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Series in Geology, Notes for Short Course , Volume 6: Foraminifera , 1982 , pp. 1 - 21
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Copyright © 1982 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

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