-
Notice the dramatic change in shape as the cell grows. The young foram produces a tightly coiled test (the whorl at lower right), but later growth spreads out n a disc-like shape. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image was originally published in J. Foram. Res. 32:308-318, and is used with permission.
-
This young foram is just bginning the change in growth pattern that is much more distinctive in the adult. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image was originally published in J. Foram. Res. 32:308-318, and is used with permission.
-
This species is found in several places in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Sea. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image was originally published in J. Foram. Res. 32:308-318, and is used with permission.
-
Notice the interior architecture of the test: a slightly ridged but undivided tube. Image courtesy of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History. This image was originally published in J. Foram. Res. 32:308-318, and is used with permission.
-
Cornuspira planorbis.
