Stercomata
Stercomata are pellets of waste material[citation needed] accumulated in some species of foraminifera and testate amoebae[citation needed]. The pellets consist largely of clay minerals and are believed to be derived from ingested sediment[citation needed], indicating that the stercomata-bearing foraminifera are filter-feeders[citation needed], although it is possible that they may capture suspended particles[citation needed].[1] In certain species the stercomata are enveloped in sheet-like formations of protoplasm.[2]
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References
- ^ William E. N. Austin, Rachael James (ed.), Biogeochemical Controls on Palaeoceanographic Environmental Proxies, p. 109
- ^ G.T. Rowe, Vita Pariente (ed.), Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle, p. 75
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