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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Acanthosphaera mucronata Haeckel 1887

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Acanthosphaera mucronata

Citation: Acanthosphaera mucronata Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.212
Type specimens: pl.26, fig.7
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Actinommidae
Family (modern): Actinommidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell thick walled, fifteen times as broad as one pore. Pores regular, circular, hexagonally framed, funnel-shaped, three times as broad as the bars. Radial spines twenty to thirty, dagger-shaped or spindle-shaped, angular, twice as broad in the middle as one pore, about as long as the radius.

Diameter of the shell 110µm, pores 7.5µm, bars 2.5µm; length of the spines 60µm, breadth 15µm.

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Acrosphaera mucronata the subgeneric name Rhaphidocapsa, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.

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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