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Foraminifera vs Foraminiferan - What's the difference?

foraminifera | foraminiferan |

As nouns the difference between foraminifera and foraminiferan

is that foraminifera is a large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera, that are mostly marine while foraminiferan is an organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer.

foraminifera

English

Noun

  • A large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera , that are mostly marine.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "foraminifera") * ("foraminifera" species on Wikimedia)

    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.