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Current identification/main database link: Octopyle Haeckel 1881
Original Description
2. Subfamilia: Pylophormida. Pylonida testa medullari simplici aut duplici praedita, quae radiis cum pontibus clathratis (inter fissuras testae ellipticae complanatae magnas sitis) conjuncta est.
E. fissuris octo symmetricis.
testa octofida simplici.
Translation: 2. Subfamily: Pylophormida. Pylonida with single or double medullary shell, which is joined by radii with latticed bridges (situated between the large gates of the flattened elliptical test).
E. With eight symmetrical gates.
With simple test divided into eight parts. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek octopyle = with eight gate-openings
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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