Foraminifera
See also: foraminifera
Translingual
Allogromia lagenoides, one of the Foraminifera
Proper noun
Foraminifera
- Tthe foraminifers, amoeboid single-cell eukaryotes characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things are used for catching food
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Retaria.[1]
- A taxonomic infraphylum within the phylum Retaria.
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Rhizaria - infrakingdom; Retaria - phylum[1]
- (infraphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Rhizaria - infrakingdom; Retaria - phylum; Ectoreta - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Monothalamea, Globothalamea, Tubothalamea - classes
- Allogromiida, Astrorhizida, Psamminida, Stannomida; Carterinida, Globerigenida, Lagenida, Lituolida, Lofusiida, Robertinida, Rotaliida, Testulariida, Trochamminida; Miliolida, Spirillinida - orders[1]
See also
- Athalamea
- Polythalamea
- Xenophyophorea
- Foraminiferida
References
Foraminifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Foraminifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Foraminifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Foraminifera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Foraminifera at Encyclopedia of Life
- Foraminiferida at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Foraminifera at World Register of Marine Species
- 2018, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla", Protoplasma, 255:297-357, DOI 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521