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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Thecosphaera maxima Haeckel 1887

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Thecosphaera maxima

Citation: Thecosphaera maxima Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.82
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM28
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Cortical shell thin walled, with small irregular roundish pores, two to six times as broad as the bars. Both medullary shells with similar, but smaller, pores. Radial proportion of the three spheres = 1: 3: 9; they are connected by numerous (forty to sixty or more) thin radial beams.

Size:
Diameter of the outer shell 0.45, middle 0.15, inner 0.05; cortical pores 0.008 to 0.024, bars 0.004.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Thecosphaera maxima under the subgeneric name Thecosphaeromma, 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. gs O


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