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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Foraminiferans living in polluted environments often show alterations in the morphology of their tests. This individual, isolated from a site in Norway which is contaminated with heavy metals, exhibits reduced chamber size in some of its chambers (notice that the test is not evenly rounded.) Image courtesy of Dr. Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Citation: Alve, E. Benthic foraminifera reflecting pollution. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 21:1-19.
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Individual isolated from the Hamble estuary, southern England. Image courtesy of Dr. Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Citation: Alve, E. and Murray, J.W. Ecology and taphonomy of benthic foraminifera in a temperate mesotidal inlet. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 24:18-27.
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Orbulina (orb-you-line-a) - light microscopic image of a living planktonic foraminifer showing the large, spherical calcitic shell that encloses a smaller more dense spiral shell attached laterally on the inside. Numerous spines radiate out from the surface of the shell and contain dinoflagellate algal symbionts that are enclosed by the foraminferal cytoplasm that streams outward along the spines.
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Bulimina inflata.
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The outer surface of the test is much smoother on this specimen than in most members of its species. Image courtesy of Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Originally published in J. Foram. Res. 16: 261-284; used with permission.
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Foraminiferans living in polluted environments often show alterations in the morphology of their tests. This individual, isolated from a site in Norway which is contaminated with heavy metals, has protuberances on two of its chambers (bottom), which distort the characteristic coiling pattern of the test. Image courtesy of Dr. Elisabeth Alve, University of Oslo. Citation: Alve, E. Benthic foraminifera reflecting pollution. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 21:1-19.
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Dorsal..
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Orbulina universa, d'Orbigny.
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Globigerina bulioides Brady (Challenger).
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found at the bottom of the Weddell Sea/Antarctica/recentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at
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Cribroelphidium poeyanum, an epiphytic foraminiferan from Twin Cays, Belize
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Neorotalia calcar found at the beach of Bwejuu/Zanzibar/TanzaniarecentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at
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Extreme macro: take a good binocular microscope, a good camera and just focus your microfossils ;)
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Calcarina hispidafound at the beach of Port Campbell/AustraliarecentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at
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Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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SEM image of the foraminiferan Planorbulina acervalis
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Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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found near Port Campbell/Australia/recentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at
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