Foraminifera

Foraminifera ("pembawa lubang", atau singkatan foram) ialah satu filum atau kelas protis ameboid. Ia bercirikan kedua-dua pseudopodium kecilnya yang membentuk jaring luaran untuk menangkap makanan, dan biasanya mempunyai cangkerang luaran, atau ujian, diperbuat daripada pelbagai bahan dan dibina dalam bentuk berbagai-bagai. Kebanyakan foram adalah akuatik, terutamanya marin, dan majoriti spesies tinggal di atas atau di dalam enapan (bentos) dengan sebilangan kecil spesies dikenali sebagai pengapung di dalam turus air pada beberapa kedalaman (plankton). Sesetengah dikenali dari air tawar atau keadaan payau dan sesetengah spesies tanah telah dikenal pasti melalui analisis molekul untuk DNA ribosom subunit kecil.

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 The University of California Museum of Paleontology website has an Introduction to the Foraminifera

 Researchers at the University of South Florida developed a system using Foraminifera for monitoring coral reef environments

 University College London's micropaleontology site has an overview of Foraminifera, including many high-quality SEMs
 Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research  is the Lukas Hottinger's glossary published in the OA e-journal "Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology"
 Information on Foraminifera  Martin Langer's Micropaleontology Page
 Benthic Foraminifera information from the 2005 Urbino Summer School of Paleoclimatology

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 Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research by Lukas Hottinger (alternative version of the one published in "Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology")

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 The star*sand project (part of micro*scope) is a cooperative database of information about Foraminifera
 3D models of forams, generated by X-ray tomography
 CHRONOS  has several Foraminifera resources , including a taxon search page  and a micro-paleo section 
 eForams is a web site focused on Foraminifera and modeling of foraminiferal shells
 Foraminifera Gallery Illustrated catalog of recent and fossil Foraminifera by genus and locality

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Ameboid