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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Acanthosphaera antarctica Haeckel 1887

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Acanthosphaera antarctica

Citation: Acanthosphaera antarctica Haeckel 1887
taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.214
Type age (chronostrat): [Quaternary]
Type locality: LM2
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell thick walled, with irregular, roundish pores, about as broad as the bars. Radial spines arising from all nodal-points of the network, conical at the base, half as long as the radius.

Size:
Diameter of the shell 150µm, pores and bars 5µm to 8µm; length of the spines 40µm.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Acanthosphaea antarctica under the subgeneric name Rhaphidodrymus, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]

References:

Haeckel, E (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O


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