radiolaria - rads_cat - Stylosphaera polyhymnia radiolaria - rads_cat - Stylosphaera polyhymnia

CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stylosphaera polyhymnia Haeckel 1887

This page provides data from the catalog of type descriptions. The catalog is sorted alphabetically. Use the current identification link to go back to the main database.


Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Stylosphaera -> Stylosphaera polyhymnia
Other pages this level: << < S. macropora, S. macropora microaculeata, S. megadictya, S. megaxyphos, S. megaxyphos megaxyphos, S. megaxyphos pentaxyphos, S. megaxyphos tetraxyphos, S. megaxyphos trixyphos, S. melpomene, S. minor, S. minor brevihastata, S. minor leptoxyphos, S. minor minor, S. musa, S. nana, S. polyhymnia, S. radiosa, S. raripora, S. setosa, S. simplex, S. spinulosa, S. sulcata, S. terpsichore, S. testudo, S. thalia, S. trixyphophora, S. undulata, S. urania

Stylosphaera polyhymnia

Citation: Stylosphaera polyhymnia Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.134
Type repository: No informaiton given
Family (traditional): Actinommidae
Family (modern): Stylosphaeridae

Current identification:


Original Description

Radial proportion of the two spheres = 3: 1. Cortical shell very thin walled, smooth, with regular, circular pores, three times as broad as the bars; sixteen to twenty on the half equator. Polar spines cylindrical, pointed, once and a half to twice as long as the axis of the outer sphere, scarcely broader than one pore. The two spheres are connected only by the two opposite beams.

Diameter of the outer shell 0.12 to 0.16, pores 0.006 to 0.009, bars 0.002 to 0.003; inner shell 0.04 to 0.05; length of the polar spines 0.18 to 0.22, breadth 0.01. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)

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


logo

Stylosphaera polyhymnia compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 21-5-2025

Taxon Search:
Advanced Search

Short stable page link: https://mikrotax.org/radiolaria/index.php?id=252787 Go to Archive.is to create a permanent copy of this page - citation notes



Add Comment

* Required information
Captcha Image

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first!