Stercomata (or stercomes) are extracellular pellets of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans, including xenophyophoreans and komokiaceans...

of the group: Individual waste pellets are referred to as stercomes or stercomata; pellets that are bundled together in long strings are referred to as...

where it is in contact with the seafloor, and it is mostly filled with stercomata (waste pellets). In 2008, 30-millimeter (1.2-inch) specimens were found...

branching tubules that contain diffuse protoplasm and numerous waste pellets (stercomata). They often incorporate fine grain material between the tubules. However...

several centimeters long, irregularly filled by dark material, presumably stercomata. It is morphologically reminiscent of the genus Dendrophrya, but differs...

pseudopodia to crawl along the surface of sediments. Waste pellets (“stercomata”) and mineral grains accumulate inside the cell – another characteristic...