radiolarians in English
noun
1
a single-celled aquatic animal that has a spherical, amebalike body with a spiny skeleton of silica. Their skeletons can accumulate as a slimy deposit on the seabed.
Like other radiolarians , Acantharea have an elaborate mineralized skeleton.
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1. Many Bedded cherts are made up of the remains of siliceous organisms such as diatoms, radiolarians, or sponge spicules
2. Cherts often have an “indirect” biogenic origin as they result from re-precipitation of dissolved opal-A shells derived from microorganisms such as diatoms (diatomite , diatomaceous Cherts, see also entry “ Diatoms ”) and radiolarians (radiolarite , see also entry “ Protozoa (Heterotroph, Eukaryotic) ”).