Pyrgo williamsonifound on the shelf of Greenland at 192m depthrecentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at www.foraminifera.eu
Pyrgo williamsonifound on the shore of SpitsbergenrecentSend me your sand or rock ! I extract the foraminifera and shoot the images for free. Info at www.foraminifera.eu
"Watermelon forams"--These foraminiferans possess chlorophyte (green algal) endosymbionts which give to the living cell a characteristic "grass green" coloration (specimen on right). Under high light (high UV?) conditions, the symbionts produce carotenoid pigments (salmon pink specimen on left).