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Radiolarians are amoeboid, and have a siliceous (opaline) test with radial symmetry. Fossils are as old as Paleozoic Period (600 million years old).

Habitat:

Marine plankton

References:

Stanley A. Kling, S.A., and D. Boltovskoy (2002) online.