Star Sand (Foraminiferans)
Star sand is the exoskeleton of foraminifers found on beaches of the Indo-Pacific. These are protozoa that belong to the Foraminifera family. The shell is made of calcium carbonate, when they die, their star shaped exoskeleton washes up on the beaches in enormous numbers. Magnification is 1.5x at 35mm..
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Sand star protozoa biology cell cellular microbiology micrograph micrography light micrograph lm microscopic microscopy non-vascular plant eukaryotic eukaryote eukaryota protista protist protozoa protozoan foraminifera foraminiferan foram rotaliida amphisteginidae amphistegina amphistegina lessonii calcarina calcarina spenglerii marine life
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