1.【动】有孔虫目
1.a large protozoan found mainly in seawater that has a shell perforated with many small holes through which temporary cytoplasmic protrusions project.
1.Specifically, they looked at the remains of microscopic shell-forming organisms known as foraminifera.
具体而言，他们看到了微壳形成的被称为有孔虫的生物体遗体。
2.Oceanic production of calcium carbonate is conventionally attributed to marine plankton (coccolithophores and foraminifera ).
海洋中的碳酸钙通常来自于浮游生物（球石和有孔虫类）。
3.Globs of mud pulled from the trench have yielded an assortment of bacteria, fungi and primitive single-celled organisms called foraminifera.
海沟中提取出的泥中生存着细菌、真菌和叫做有空虫类的原始单细胞有机体。
4.These showy foraminifera were very specialized for particular ecological niches.
这些华丽的有孔虫因特定生态龛而产生。
5.Different types of foraminifera thrive at different temperatures.
不同种类的有孔虫在不同温度下繁殖。
6.Most of the foraminifera were soft-walled, either spherical or needle-shaped, and coloured brown.
绝大多数的有孔虫是软壳的，软壳为球状或针状，呈棕色。
7.Japanese researchers reported on Thursday that many of the creatures they dredged up are one-celled animals called foraminifera.
日本研究人员2月3日宣布，他们在太平洋深海沟内发现了体形微小，被称为有孔虫类的单细胞生物群。
8.These foraminifera were roughly 200 to 350 microns large, or a fifth to a third of a millimeter long.
这些有孔虫大约有200至350微米大，或者一毫米的五分之一到三分之一长。
9.As such, these puny foraminifera serve as very distinct tags of when the K-T extinction event started.
因此，当K-T灭绝事件开始时这些微小的有孔虫充当十分鲜明的标签。
10.But these shells are absent from the foraminifera found in Challenger Deep.
但是在查林杰海渊发现的这些有孔虫却没有这种甲壳。