{
  "name": "Foraminifera sizes: tests, roots and comparison objects",
  "desc": "Sizes of foraminiferal tests and cells, one row per source and claim, from 150 µm drifting shells to 24 cm deep-sea tests, with comparison rows for diatoms, a hair, sand grains and the smallest known insect",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/microscopic-life/foraminifera/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from the sources in data_credit",
    "media/cell-sizes.csv (diatoms, usual size; xenophyophores) and media/reference-objects.csv (human hair; sand grain), shared files, read only"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
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    "Hohenegger J, Kinoshita S, Briguglio A, Eder W, Wöger J 2019, Scientific Reports 9:8286, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44646-w, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Greco M, Westgård A, Sykes FE, Ezat MM, Meilland J 2023, Journal of Plankton Research 45(4):652–660, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad031, retrieved 2026-10-25; one specimen size computed 2026-10-25",
    "Gooday AJ, Durden JM, Smith CR 2020, Communicative & Integrative Biology 13(1):189–197, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2020.1843818, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Polilov AA 2015, ZooKeys 526:61–64, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6531, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Piegari G et al. 2019, Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6:404, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00404; Li C et al. 2023, Journal of Biomedical Optics 28(11):116501, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.11.116501; VanDusen BM, Fegley SR, Peterson CH 2012, PLoS ONE 7(12):e52694, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052694; as listed in this site's shared cell-sizes.csv and reference-objects.csv, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "GBIF Secretariat 2023, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei, CC BY 4.0 (taxon keys), retrieved 2026-10-25"
  ]
}