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Foraminifer vs Foraminiferan - What's the difference?

foraminifer | foraminiferan |

As nouns the difference between foraminifer and foraminiferan

is that foraminifer is any of several large marine protozoans, of the subphylum foraminifera, that have a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude while foraminiferan is (zoology|palaeontology) an organism of the phylum foraminifera ; a foraminifer.

foraminifer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several large marine protozoans, of the subphylum Foraminifera, that have a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude

    • Synonyms

    * foram

    foraminiferan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology, palaeontology) An organism of the phylum Foraminifera ; a foraminifer.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 146:
  • *:Eocene foraminiferans are very different from Pliocene ones, and even within the Eocene there are many fine time divisions that can be recognised using foraminifera.