The amazing world of Foraminifera
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![Welcome to SciCoForams!! Here you will learn some things about this curious little guys that have lived in the bottom of the oceans for the last 541 million years!]()
Hola!!
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![Foraminifera (forams) are microscopic single-celled organisms who live in the Oceans. Some forams live a couple of weeks, while other can survive some years.]()
Forams? What is that?
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![This is a swimming Foram! A foram builds a microscopic shell around its single cell that we call "test"]()
Test or shell?
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![Planktic vs. Benthic]()
Planktic vs. Benthic
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![Forams produce their test in different forms, we called this morphologies. A morphology can be elongated, coiled etc.]()
What are Morphologies?
Benthic forams are not only cute but also very useful. By studying them we can learn a lot about the past!
Here you will find some basic information about benthic forams, and a collection of my favorite with some interesting information.
