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	Foraminifera - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/foram/foramintro.html Introduction to the taxonomic group and information on their appearance in the fossil record where they can be used to date rocks, their life history, ecology and morphology.
	Foraminifera - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera Information from Wikipedia on these amoeboid protists with a test or shell, their diversity and life cycle and use as fossils in dating rocks.
	Foram Gallery - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar00/forwim.html A collection of photographs of members of the Foramenifera with information about each.
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gromia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gromia Information from Wikipedia on this genus of marine and freshwater amoeboids, closely resembling some foraminiferans, but sometimes classified under the phylum Cercozoa.
	Xenophyophore - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophyophore Article from Wikipedia on these strange marine organisms which genetic studies suggest should be included in the phylum Foraminifera.

	Finding the Chalk Makers: The Foraminifera - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul98/bdforam1.html Information and photographs of the organisms responsible for chalk deposits, how to find them, prepare and observe them under the microscope.
	Gromia, Gromia wherefore art thou Gromia? - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct99/gromia.html Article by Richard Howey on the discovery of this strange organism among the algae in his aquarium.
	Image Gallery - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb04/cbforam.html Photographs of about twenty species of foraminifera collected from an estuary in the Netherlands.
	Xenophyophores, the Giants of the Protozoan World - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/xeno1.html Article by Dave Walker on these large single celled organisms found deep in the ocean.
	Miniacina miniacea - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul02/bdforamm.html Photographic study by Brian Darnton of this curious foraminiferan from the Mediterranean Sea.

	Geomarine Research - http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bw.hayward/ Information about a New Zealand company engaged in the study of modern and fossil marine foraminifera. Includes abstracts of publications and discussions of research methods.
	What are Foraminifera? - http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/foram/whatarefor.htm Forams as they are usually known, are abundant in all the oceans. Information on their biology, what they eat, what eats them, and their use in dating rocks and as environmental indicators.
	Giant of the Protozoa - http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03windows/background/education/media/03win_giants.pdf Provides a lesson plan for a course on xenophyophores and how they interact with other species, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
	Foraminifera - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/foram.html Information on these single celled organisms with diagrams and images.
	The Collection and Mounting of Foraminifera - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/bdforam3.html Information on how the amateur collector can find Foraminifera on the shore and can clean and mount them for display.

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