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The Latin word "glomus" means "a ball of yarn". Glomospira species make a test that has a single chamber in the center, surrounded by a very long tubular second chamber that winds around it. Sample collected in an inlet of the Oslofjord, Norway. Image courtesy of Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Originally published in J. Foram. Res. 16: 261-284; used with permission.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Retaria
- Foraminifera (foraminifers)
- Tubothalamea
- Spirillinida
- Ammodiscina
- Ammodiscidae
- Glomospira
- Glomospira glomerata
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