Drawings of species that form a spiral shell, (IMAGE)

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Drawings of species that form a spiral shell,

Caption

Drawings from the 19th century showing foraminifera that were collected during an oceanographic expedition. The species depicted here live at the bottom of the ocean and add chambers of calcium carbonate to their shell during their lifetime. From: ‘Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9 Foraminifera, 1884, Wyville Thomson.’

Credit

‘Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9 Foraminifera, 1884, Wyville Thomson.’

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