Ammodiscus
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Ammodiscus is a genus in the family Ammodiscacea of textulariid foraminifera
. Ammodiscus species are vagile, epibenthic
foraminiferans, usually found in seawater with normal salinity.
Foraminifera
The Foraminifera , or forams for short, are a large group of amoeboid protists which are among the commonest plankton species. They have reticulating pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net...
. Ammodiscus species are vagile, epibenthic
Benthos
Benthos is the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. This community lives in or near marine sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the foreshore, out to the continental shelf, and then down to the abyssal depths.Many organisms...
foraminiferans, usually found in seawater with normal salinity.