This page provides data from the catalog of type descriptions. The catalog is sorted alphabetically. Use the current identification link to go back to the main database.
<% linkedspecs %>
Current identification/main database link:
Original Description
4a. Tribus: Aegospyrida. Pentaspyrida acuta, cum spina apicali (pedibus simplicibus).
C.spinis apicalibus quinque (media occipitali, duabus parietalibus, duabus temporalibus).
Translation: 4a. Tribe: Aegospyrida. Acute Pentaspyrida, with an apical spine (feet simple).
C. With five apical spines (one median occipital, two parietali two temporal). (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek pentaspyris = basket with five feet"
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:
![]() |
Pentaspyris compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 20-1-2021
Short stable page link: http://mikrotax.org/radiolaria/index.php?id=253523 Go to Archive.is to create a permanent copy of this page - citation notes |