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Current identification/main database link: Lophophaena galeaorci Ehrenberg 1854
Original Description
QTFragmentum. Cellulae aequales in 1/100\’ 5 sparsae. Longitudo totius-1/40\"', capituli 1/96\"'. Latitudo articuli secundi 1/48\"', capituli 1/80\"'. In collo ad basin capituli cellulae nonnullae maiores aperturam anteriorem indicare videntur.
Translation:
Extra details from original publication
The original name of Ehrenberg was in two parts : galea orci. It is not known if this was meant to indicate a subspecies/variety or simply was using two words for a species name. -dbl 25.8.20
Editors' Notes
= Lophophaena galea in Haeckel, 1887a [invlaid name], partim.
Premature name in Ehrenberg, 1854a [762:table to p.66[comment from RadWorld database]
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1854c). Systematische Charakteristik der neuen mikroskopischen Organismen des tiefen atlantischen Oceans. Bericht uber die zu Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1854: 236-250. gs References:
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