6. The foraminifera are quite interesting, but they are very different in each sand! Why do you think the forams are so different? Hint: Locate Guam and Ireland on a world map

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Livia Waller

3 April, 16:14

6. The foraminifera are quite interesting, but they are very different in each sand! Why do you think the forams are so different? Hint: Locate Guam and Ireland on a world map

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Jonathan Bolton · Answer 1

These are deep sea creatures and have different evolutionary phases

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Foraminifera is a name given to the hole beares called forams, they are a member of a phylum or class of protists, characterized by angular ectoplasm for catching their food, since they were discovered in 1854, they have been over 50,000 species and is less than 1 mm in size. Bering a marine organism they are commonly found in brackish, freshwaters and even terrestrial areas. Most of them are unicellular and range from algae to nutrient-poor oceanic waters most of them have a concentration of calcium carbonate. Evolving in seafloor is diverse and abundant also used by the oil industries which heavily depends on microfossils. Width ranges from 5.5 to 4.4 mm.