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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''CYST''' - a temporary cover enveloping part of the shell, the whole shell or several individuals, consisting of adventitious material bound together by organic material or slime, as a protection of chamber building or of reproduction processes. Accumulations of refused food particles in front of the face at the margin of discoidal shells are called feeding cysts.

==See also==
*[[feeding cyst]]
==References==
Hottinger (2006), [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research]. [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html Carnets de Géologie], [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Memoir 2], ISSN 1634-0744                                                              
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