Calcitic cement secreted by agglutinated foraminifers grown in laboratory culture
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research in Journal of Foraminiferal Research
- Vol. 18 (1) , 42-45
- https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.18.1.42
Abstract
Scanning and transmission electron microscopic studies of some agglutinated foraminifers maintained on artificial, carbonate-free substrates, reveal an actively secreted calcitic cement in newly formed chambers. The cement ultrastructure somewhat resembles that of miliolid foraminifers, but exhibits in detail quite different morphology.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Test structure and evolution in the ForaminiferaLethaia, 1979