''Globorotalia'' is a genus of
foraminifers
Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an ...
belonging to the family
Globorotaliidae.
It is a single-celled animal large enough to be seen with a naked eye and is found in the fossil record back to the Paleocene. It is deep-dwelling planktonic foraminifers that inhabit the top few hundred meters of the ocean and constitute potential recorders of thermocline conditions.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species
Species:
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Globorotalia adamantea
''Globorotalia'' is a genus of foraminifers belonging to the family Globorotaliidae.
It is a single-celled animal large enough to be seen with a naked eye and is found in the fossil record back to the Paleocene. It is deep-dwelling planktonic for ...
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Globorotalia akersi
''Globorotalia'' is a genus of foraminifers belonging to the family Globorotaliidae.
It is a single-celled animal large enough to be seen with a naked eye and is found in the fossil record back to the Paleocene. It is deep-dwelling planktonic for ...
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Globorotalia alamedillensis
''Globorotalia'' is a genus of foraminifers belonging to the family Globorotaliidae.
It is a single-celled animal large enough to be seen with a naked eye and is found in the fossil record back to the Paleocene. It is deep-dwelling planktonic for ...
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References
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Foraminifera