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The information get updated on this page at rapid intervals. No guarantee is given on the accuracy of the published data.<\/b><\/p>\n

SILICOFLAGELLATES<\/font><\/h2>\n

Hard parts:<\/b> Skeleton
\nComposition:<\/b> Opaline silica
\nMorphology:<\/b> Apical & basal rings, Spines and bars, Rods are hollow
\nSymmetry:<\/b> Bilateral
\nHabitat:<\/b> Planktic
\nStratigraphic range:<\/b> L. Cretaceous – Holocene
\nSediments:<\/b> Silicoflagellithite
\nMovement:<\/b> Passive (plankton)
\nNotes<\/b>: none<\/p>\n

DIATOMS<\/font><\/h2>\n

Hard parts:<\/b> Frustule
\nComposition:<\/b> Organic silica
\nMorphology:<\/b> Epitheca and hypotheca, Connective band(epicingulum)
\nSymmetry:<\/b> Radial or bilateral (sometimes altered)
\nHabitat:<\/b> Planktic and Benthic
\nStratigraphic range:<\/b> Jurassic – Holocene
\nSediments:<\/b> Diatomite
\nMovement:<\/b> Movement on short distances (active)
\nNotes<\/b>: Symmetry axes (pervalar, apical,transapical) images\/diagrams<\/a><\/p>\n

COCCOLITHOPHORIDS<\/font><\/h2>\n

Hard parts:<\/b> Coccosphere
\nComposition:<\/b> Calcium carbonate
\nMorphology:<\/b> Coccoliths
\nSymmetry:<\/b> Mostly radial (rarely bilateral or pentameral)
\nHabitat:<\/b> Planktic
\nStratigraphic range:<\/b> Jurassic – Holocene
\nSediments:<\/b> Chalks and calcareous oozes
\nMovement:<\/b> Passive (plankton)
\nNotes<\/b>: images\/diagrams<\/a><\/p>\n

TASMANITIDS<\/font><\/h2>\n

Hard parts:<\/b> Test
\nComposition:<\/b> ?
\nMorphology:<\/b> Wall with large pores
\nSymmetry:<\/b> Spherical or radial
\nHabitat:<\/b> Planktic
\nStratigraphic range:<\/b> Cambrian – Miocene
\nSediments:<\/b> Oil shales
\nMovement:<\/b> Passive (plankton)
\nNotes<\/b>: none<\/p>\n

FORAMINIFERA<\/font><\/h2>\n

Hard parts:<\/b> Test
\nComposition:<\/b> calcitic, aragonitic, organic, siliceous, agglutinated
\nMorphology:<\/b> Wall with very small microscopic voids
\nSymmetry:<\/b> ?
\nHabitat:<\/b> ?
\nStratigraphic range:<\/b> ?
\nSediments:<\/b> ?
\nMovement:<\/b> ?
\nNotes<\/b>: unicelluar organism <\/p>\n

RADIOLARIANS<\/u><\/font><\/h2>\n

Generally planktonic and dwells in upper water column. Like people high on weed, they just passively migrated through floating. Soft parts of the organism are often protected by complex skeletons. They are super duper small; 30 microns to 2 millimeters. May be found in colonies (like gangsters of the micro world) in deep water situations. A dude named, Hackle came up with the first classification for these known as Hackel’s Plates.<\/p>\n

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