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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Lophocyrtis holothuria Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> L -> Lophocyrtis -> Lophocyrtis holothuria
Other pages this level: L. cavifundus, L. dumitricai, L. exitelus, L. galenum, L. golli, L. hadra, L. haywardi, L. holothuria, L. inaequalis, L. jacchia hapsis, L. keraspera, L. klydus, L. nomas, L. norvegiensis, L. oberhaensliae, L. pallantae, L. pseudojacchia, L. regipileus, L. synapta, L. zeira

Lophocyrtis holothuria

Citation: Lophocyrtis holothuria Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1410
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Theoperidae
Family (modern): Lophocyrtiidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell smooth, slender, with two distinct strictures. Length of the three joints = 1: 2: 4, breadth = 2: 4: 3. Cephalis hemispherical, with a bunch of five divergent, conical horns, the middle of which is larger and vertical, nearly as long as the thorax. Thorax campanulate, half as long as the cylindrical abdomen. Month truncate. Pores regular, circular, quincuncial (Similar to Theocyrtis cylindrica, but

Length of the three joints, a 0.03, b 0.05, c 0.1; breadth, a 0.04, b 0.07, c 0.06. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Stratigraphic information for LM21 from Riedel, 1959, p.287

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

Riedel, W. R. (1959a). Oligocene and Lower Miocene Radiolaria in tropical Pacific sediments. Micropaleontology. 5(3): 285-302. gs


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