This webpage:
 
  • offers easy interactive determination of extant planktic foraminifers using characteristic features

  • contains 48 extant species, following the taxonomy of Hemleben, Spindler and Anderson (1989)
  • offers a glossary, with explanations of the terms used.
 
You can download a table that contains all the data used (Microsoft Excel 4.0, 28 kB).

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scientific content: Ralf Schiebel & Barbara Schmuker

technical realisation: Barbara Schmuker

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