What is another word for radiolaria?

Pronunciation: [ɹˌe͡ɪdɪə͡ʊlˈe͡əɹiə] (IPA)

Radiolaria are single-celled marine organisms that are an important part of the ocean's food chain. They are also known as radiolarians or radiolarian protozoa. Other synonyms for radiolaria include planktonic protozoa, microzooplankton, and siliceous microorganisms. These tiny organisms have a unique structure that is composed of intricate radiating spicules made of silica. Radiolaria are classified into three main groups: amoeboid, spherical, and colonial. They play a vital role in the world's oceans, as they are important food sources for many marine animals. Radiolaria have been studied extensively by scientists due to their unique biology and their contribution to oceanic biodiversity.

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Usage examples for Radiolaria

But if the radiolaria and Diatoms are thus rained upon the bottom of the sea, from the superficial layer of its waters in which they pass their lives, it is obviously possible that the Globigerinae may be similarly derived; and if they were so, it would be much more easy to understand how they obtain their supply of food than it is at present.
"Autobiography and Selected Essays"
Thomas Henry Huxley
Observations conducted at Cuxhaven, in 1839, had revealed the existence, at the surface of the waters of the Baltic, of living Diatoms and radiolaria of the same species as those which, in a fossil state, constitute extensive rocks of tertiary age at Caltanisetta, Zante, and Oran, on the shores of the Mediterranean.
"Aphorisms and Reflections from the works of T. H. Huxley"
Thomas Henry Huxley
The surface of the Disk ringed about by the aureate zodiac in which the nine ovals shone was a maze of geometric symbols traced in the lines of living gem fires; infinitely complex those patterns and infinitely beautiful; an infinite number of symmetric forms in which I seemed to trace all the ordered crystalline wonders of the snowflakes, the groupings of all crystalline patternings, the soul of ordered beauty that are the marvels of the radiolaria, Nature's own miraculous book of the soul of mathematical beauty.
"The Metal Monster"
A. Merritt

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