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‖ globigerina|gləʊbɪdʒəˈraɪnə|
Pl. globigerinæ.
[mod.L., f. L. globi-, globus globe n. + -ger carrying + -ina -ine; named by D'Orbigny in 1826.]
A foraminiferous rhizopod, found in immense numbers in deep parts of the ocean.
1847in Craig. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man xiv. 268 Their stomachs were full of globigerina, of which foraminiferous creatures..the oozy bed of the ocean at that vast depth was found to be exclusively composed. 1875Dawson Dawn of Life iv. 89 In the Globigerinæ..only eight or ten segments are ordinarily produced by continuous gemmation. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life vi. 89 The Globigerinæ have been shown by the Challenger explorations to abound in all moderately warm seas.
b. attrib., as globigerina-shell; also globigerina-mud, -ooze, deep-sea mud or chalky ooze, consisting of decayed globigerinæ.
1872Dana Corals ii. 143 A mud full of foraminifers, Globigerina mud, as it is called from the species characterizing it. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xvi. 270 There is no sufficient evidence that pure and clean Globigerina shells contain any appreciable proportion of such mineral matter. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life vi. 87 The white oceanic mud, or Globigerina-ooze, found in all the great oceans at depths varying from 250 to nearly 3,000 fathoms. |