Foraminifera

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Foraminifera The 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. A taxonomic infraphylum within the phylum Retaria. ==== Hypernyms ==== (subphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Rhizaria – infrakingdom; Retaria – phylum (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 ==== Descendants ==== English: foraminifer → Greek: τρηματοφόρα (trimatofóra) (calque) → Russian: фораминифе́ра (foraminiféra) === See also === Athalamea Polythalamea Xenophyophorea Foraminiferida === References === Foraminifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Foraminifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Foraminifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Foraminifera at National Center for Biotechnology Information 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