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= INTRODUCTION TO FORAMINIFERA =
''edited by J. Tyszka with contributions from [[CONTRIBUTORS|T. Toyofuku]]''

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=== '''Foraminifera''' ===
: are single-celled organisms ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protista protists]) with characteristic net-like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudopodia pseudopodia] called [[reticulopodia]], and organic or shell-like, agglutinated or secreted outer protective layer, called a [[test]].



[[Image:alifeforam1.jpg|thumb|left|222px| <font size="2">Living foraminifer with radially spreading reticulopodia. 
<font size="2">''Phot. [http://www.jamstec.go.jp/seika/pub-j/res/ress/toyofuku/toyofuku_e.html Takashi Toyofuku]'']]

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== More about FORAMINIFERA ==


* <font size="3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera Foraminifera in Wikipedia] <font size="2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera]
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* Foraminifera in BowserLab: 
** <font size="2">[http://www.bowserlab.org/foraminifera/forampage2.htm http://www.bowserlab.org/foraminifera/forampage2.htm]; 
** [http://members.global2000.net/bowser/astrammina.html http://members.global2000.net/bowser/astrammina.html]

* <font size="3">[http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/forams/forams_what_is.htm Foraminifera in Ocean World]
* [[FORAM-Links]]