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not figured | Cyphinus amphacanthus Haeckel 1887 | |||
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not figured | Cyphinus dixiphus Haeckel 1887 |
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Original Description
2. Subfamilia: Cyphinida. Zygartida testa medullari simplici aut duplici praedita, quae radiis cum strictura testae ellipsoidis clathratae aequatoriali conjuncta est.
B. cum processibus axis principalis,
BI. duobus aculeis solidis oppositis.
Translation: 2. Subfamily: Cyphinida. Zygartida provided with a single or double medullary shell, 'which is joined by radii to the equatorial stricture of the ellipsoidal latticed shell.
B. With processes-in the principal axis.
BI. With two solid opposite spines. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek cyphinus = derivation from ""cyphos""= roundish vessel, a kind of fruit"
Extra details from original publication
Sub-genera described:
Haeckel, E. (1882). Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien [Basis for a radiolarian classification from the study of Radiolaria of the Challenger collection]. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 15: 418-472. gsReferences:
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