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[[File:Fig 42.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1.'''  Epiphytic foraminifera and trichomes. Recent. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. SEM graphs.
'''A:''' Epiphytes on ''Halophila'' leaf. Pl: ''Planogypsina acervalis'' (Brady); '''Ha:''' surface of ''Halophila'' leaf with leaf hairs (trichomes); '''So:''' ''Sorites orbiculus'' (Forskal). '''B:''' Trichome on ''Halophila'' leaf and aperture in a radially-marginal position of the epiphytic ''Planogypsina acervalis'' (Brady). '''C:''' Opened test of ''Planogypsina acervalis'' showing the inner side of the perforate, dorsal chamberlet walls, coating the overgrown trichomes of their substrate, and the dorsal part of the septal walls with stolons representing intercameral foramina; '''a(m):''' [[aperture]] of a marginal, terminal chamberlet; '''chl(m):''' chamberlet of the ultimate marginal chamberlet cycle; '''dw(chl):''' dorsal wall of chamberlet; '''ec:''' epithelial cells of the ''Halophila'' substrate; '''p:''' [[pore]]; '''st:''' [[stolon]]; '''tri:''' trichome;
 (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 42)[http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]

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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''EPIPHYTE''' - organism living on vegetal substrates. Larger porcelaneous foraminifera prefer seagrass leaves to algal thalli because the leaf-hairs (trichomes) give them hold on their surface.












==See also==
*[[trichome]]
==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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