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Original Description
Polycystinum solitarium ex Eucyrtidinis. Loricae siliceae biarticulatae articulus superior cancellatus, non divisus (globularis), articulus secundus dilatatus disciformis, eleganter cellulosus (brevissime companulatus), costis tenuissimis tribustripartitus, margine integerrimo. L. Coscinodiscus Coscinodiscum refert.
Translation: Solitary polycystin of the Eucyrtidinae. Siliceous 2-segmented shell; upper segment latticed, not divided (globular); second segment dilated, disciform, elegantly porous (very shortly campanulate), divided into 3 parts y 3 very fine ribs, margin entire. L. coscinodiscus resembles Coscinodiscus. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek lamprodiscus = splendid disk
Editors' Notes
[Premature name as Lamprocod. in Ehrenberg, 1860a [775:768, errata p.768]]
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1861c). Uber den Tiefgrund des stillen Oceans zwischen Californien und den Sandwich-Inseln aus bis 15600' Tiefe nach Lieut. Brooke. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1860: 819-834. gsReferences:
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