CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Dictyospyris biloba Haeckel 1887
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Citation: Dictyospyris biloba Haeckel 1887taxonomic rank: speciesDescribed on page(s) : p.1074Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary]Type locality: LM13Type repository: No information given
Current identification:
Original Description Shell subspherical, tuherculate, with slight sagittal stricture. Pores very numerous, small, circular. No larger pores on either side of the ring. Basal plate with two very large circular pores, surrounded by a circle of smaller pores. Size: Shell 0.07 long, 0.08 broad. Editors' Notes There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887) Haeckel listed Dictyospyris biloba under the subgeneric name Dictyospyrantha, 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. gsO
Dictyospyris biloba compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 15-10-2024