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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Xiphosphaera astraea Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> X -> Xiphosphaera -> Xiphosphaera astraea
Other pages this level: X. apenninica, X. apenninica longistylus, X. astraea, X. ceres, X. clarki, X. clavigera, X. euphrosyne, X. flora, X. gaea, X. gigantea, X. hebe, X. irinae, X. juno, X. longa, X. luna, X. maxima, X. micra, X. mutinensis, X. pallas, X. planeta, X. tesseractis, X. venus, X. vesta

Xiphosphaera astraea

Citation: Xiphosphaera astraea Haeckel 1887
taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.126
Type age (chronostrat): Recent
Type locality: LM77
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Pores irregular, roundish, one to two times as broad as the bars; ten to twelve on the half equator. Surface of the thick-walled shell covered with numerous short conical thorns. Polar spines cylindro-conical, one and a half to two times as long as the axis of the sphere.

Size:
Diameter of the sphere 0.18, pores 0.01 to 0.015, bars 0. ?08; length of the polar spines 0.25 to 0.3, thickness 0.02.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Xiphosphaera astraea under the subgeneric name Xiphosphaeromma, 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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