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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Lophocyrtis synapta Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> L -> Lophocyrtis -> Lophocyrtis synapta
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 synapta

Citation: Lophocyrtis synapta Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1411
Type specimens: pl.68, fig.15
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Theoperidae
Family (modern): Lophocyrtiidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell spiny, with two sharp strictures. Length of the three joints = 5: 10: 6, breadth = 4: 9: 7. Cephalis large, ovate, with numerous (twenty to thirty or more) conical, radially divergent spines of different sizes, the largest about as long as the cephalis. Thorax subconical, with numerous short, conical, divergent spines, which are directed downwards. Abdomen smooth, cylindrical. The irregular, polygonal pores are separated by thin bars, and in the thorax are twice to four times as broad as in the first and last joints.

Length of the three joints, a 0.05, b 0.1, c 0.06; breadth, a 0.04, b 0.09, c 0.07. [dimensions in mm]

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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