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[[Image:3Dmorphospace1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|<font size="2"> The 3-dimensional morphospace difined by 3 parameters]]</font size>

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!align="left" colspan="2"|The morphospace includes all forms created by the model with systematically varying [[parameters|parameter]] values. These [[parameters]] define dimensions of the [[MORPHOSPACE|morphospace]].
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"The theoretical morphospace of foraminifera reveals regions of the morphospace that include similar forms. These specific fields in the morphospace, called [[morphophase|'''morphophases''']], are separated from each other by either sharp or gradual [[morphophase transition|'''morphophase transitions''']], which involve sharp or gradual changes in morphology controlled by changes of the model parameters. Optimised emplacement of foraminiferal apertures is responsible for these morphophase transitions." ([[Tyszka 2006]])

[[Image:Morphospace3.jpg|thumb|left|400px| <font size="2">A small 3-dimensional fragment of the theoretical foraminiferal morphospace with examples [[morphophase|morphophases]] (in colour) and [[morphophase transition|morphophase transitions]]]]

[[Image:Morphophases3.jpg|thumb|right|400px| <font size="2">[[morphophase|Morphophases]] (in colour) separated by [[morphophase transition|morphophase transitions]] presented on the 3-dimensional fragment of the theoretical foraminiferal morphospace (see above).]]