Science

Introduction to the taxonomic group and information on their appearance in the fossil record where they can be used to date rocks, their life history, ecology and morphology.

Information on these single celled organisms with diagrams and images.

Information from Wikipedia on these amoeboid protists with a test or shell, their diversity and life cycle and use as fossils in dating rocks.

Information on how the amateur collector can find Foraminifera on the shore and can clean and mount them for display.

Photographs of about twenty species of foraminifera collected from an estuary in the Netherlands.

Information and photographs of the organisms responsible for chalk deposits, how to find them, prepare and observe them under the microscope.

A collection of photographs of members of the Foramenifera with information about each.

Article by Dave Walker on these large single celled organisms found deep in the ocean.

Article from Wikipedia on these strange marine organisms which genetic studies suggest should be included in the phylum Foraminifera.

Information from Wikipedia on this genus of marine and freshwater amoeboids, closely resembling some foraminiferans, but sometimes classified under the phylum Cercozoa.

Article by Richard Howey on the discovery of this strange organism among the algae in his aquarium.

Photographic study by Brian Darnton of this curious foraminiferan from the Mediterranean Sea.

Provides a lesson plan for a course on xenophyophores and how they interact with other species, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.