portrait
Description:
Orbulina (orb-you-line-a) universa, a large planktonic foraminiferan, with algae distributed along the radiating pseudopodia. This is a juvenile form, with numerous symbiotic algae. This is an example of one of the four types of large amoebae which is common in the marine water column. Dark ground image by Dave Caron.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Retaria
- Foraminifera (foraminifers)
- Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Globigerinina
- Globigerinoidea
- Globigerinidae
- Orbulininae
- Orbulina
- Orbulina universa
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-nc
- author
- Dave Caron
- provider
- micro*scope
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- micro*scope
- ID
