Sekirov Dictionary

globothalamean

/ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in relation to their globular chambers which characterize their shells.
- Globothalamean foraminifera (Pawlowski et al., 2013) colonized nearly all marine paleoenvironments, including benthic and planktonic habitats. — 2017

noun1

•
Any foraminifer of the class Globothalamea, differentiated by their globular shell chambers.
- In both tubothalameans and globothalameans, the chambers more or less coil around the proloculus to form a spiral. — 2020

forms

globothalameans · more globothalamean · most globothalamean

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome