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Psammophaga species are noted for taking sand grains into their bodies; the genus name means "sand eater" in Greek. You can see the coarse quartz sand through the translucent walls of the foram's test. Image courtesy of Susan T. Goldstein, University of Georgia.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Retaria
- Foraminifera (foraminifers)
- Monothalamea
- Astrorhizida
- Saccamminidae
- Psammophaga
- Psammophaga simplora
- Saccamminina
- Saccamminoidea
- Saccammininae
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