Protista:Foraminifera

Introduction: Foraminifera are small hole bearing organisms found in tropical water to polar region.The faunal group also knowns as "forams".Foraminiferans are single celled animals produced chambered shells made up of calcium carbonate.The faunal group evolved 900 to 650 million years ago.The Phylum Foraminifera are classified under Kingdom Chormista and Subkingdom Harosa.Global diversity: World-wide, 8956 species of foraminiferans are recorded as accepted till date distributed under four classes. Diversity in India:A total of 595 species of foraminiferans are reported from the Indian waters belonging to four classes, 11 orders and 99 genera.