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Biology and Ecology of Radiolaria

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Marine Protists

Abstract

Radiolaria are unicellular holoplanktonic protozoa with siliceous or strontium sulfate skeletons. Mainly studied by micropaleontologists because of their excellent fossil record, they are also key members of planktonic communities and play important roles in various oceanic ecosystems. This chapter presents an overview of the current knowledge on living Radiolaria (orders Acantharia, Collodaria, Nassellaria, Spumellaria and Taxopodia). Besides general considerations on Radiolaria as a whole, it focuses on the taxonomy, biology, and ecology of each radiolarian order. Finally this chapter provides insights on research perspectives to improve our knowledge of living radiolarians and their ecological role in marine ecosystems.

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Dr. K. R. Matsuzaki greatly advised us on the content of this chapter and gave comprehensive comments to improve it. This study was partly supported by the Cooperative Research Project with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) “Morpho-molecular Diversity Assessment of Ecologically, Evolutionary, and Geologically Relevant Marine Plankton (Radiolaria)” We thank Dr. Giuseppe Cortese for critical review of this manscript.

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Suzuki, N., Not, F. (2015). Biology and Ecology of Radiolaria. In: Ohtsuka, S., Suzaki, T., Horiguchi, T., Suzuki, N., Not, F. (eds) Marine Protists. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55130-0_8

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