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Ecologic Relationships of Larger Foraminifera by Earl H. Myers
Pages 26-30

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From page 26...
... These and other large card Hatefo~amini~ ers When living,, in ax aquariurr1 make no attempt to capture minute arthropods nor have we ~ outed the remains of these or other large or~,a:~isr~s e;rtar~gled in the pseudopodic of preserved material although feeding e~Yperi~Lents prove that l;l:aey readily accept Id digest 7oCy.r~eans of ferments in the pseudopodic the soft parts of dead attire orga~isrns. The pseudopodia of Operculina, _teroste~ina, Al~reoline]
From page 27...
... The number of p-.cogeny asexually produced is l==ted bar the number of masses of protoplasm containing ~ stipple :~uc2Leus that result then the protoplasm of the r~icrospheric 3ndi~ridual Zeros multiple ~is~-,ior In most species these monoilucJeate masses ap? 3~0~ate in size the prolocu~u~n of Neal ospheric tests except, as ~ species of DiScOrcis, vi'n`cre there Is
From page 28...
... In liar~ii~opora and Alveo~inella the tests of both generations contain many hundreds o~ nuc:Lei, and in the fore genus ~negalosphe-~ic ~ndi~ricinals reproduce either sexually or asexually. tinc~eoc~op:l~sm~c relationships similar to those described probably exists in extinct species in which ted morphology and.
From page 29...
... -.;.ith spews -e cn weed since total i a ou~chel.~= is you only Cal the softest mud bottoms, but; in this case the , soirees are exceedir~l~r ion`; aced alel~der and probably serve to keep l;h<= test from sett:Lin~ into the mucT. A:Lveolinella anc3 keteroste~ina ar.e found on firm sandy mud bottoms ally Arc mos-L nur.~erous rlea-r pickle of reed >,r~'he}~r t He ju~reniles may be fallen in considerable nubs.
From page 30...
... The larger Foraminifera are used as guides to the age of g<;;ologi.c :t'o~mat~ons and the biotic conditions that prevailed aI, the three they were deposited, but in mailing Ecologic correlations theist usefu',::ess is Kited by the fact that the conditions required for their success probably was at no three extensive, cor.~pared with that of SP=CiCS topics OF softer mud bottoms .


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