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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Amphitholus polyacanthus Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> A -> Amphitholus -> Amphitholus polyacanthus
Other pages this level: A. acanthometra, A. armatus, A. artidium, A. artiscus, A. dodecanthus, A. octacanthus, A. panicium, A. polyacanthus

Amphitholus polyacanthus

Citation: Amphitholus polyacanthus Haeckel 1887
taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.668
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): not-known

Current identification:


Original Description

Central chamber of the same breadth. and height as both cupolas. Surface armed with very numerous (sixty to eighty) strong conical spines, about as long as the minor axis of the shell. Pores subregular, circular, twice. as broad as the bars; sixteen to eighteen in the basal semicircle of one cupola.

Major axis of the shell 130µm, minor 80µm; pores 6µm, bars 3µm; length of the radial spines 90µm, breadth 6µm.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Amphitholus polyacanthus under the subgeneric name Amphitholura, 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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