Learn about these strange unicellular protists that inhabit all areas of the ocean! Foraminifera (Forams, armored amoebas, Foraminifer, amoeboid protozoan). Foraminifera facts! The largest are the xenophyophores!

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Jones, Robert Wynn. Foraminifera and Their Applications. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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