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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Xiphostylus edolius Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> X -> Xiphostylus -> Xiphostylus edolius
Other pages this level: X. alauda, X. alca, X. alcedo, X. anhinga, X. ardea, X. cuculus, X. dendrocopus, X. edolius, X. emberiza, X. falco, X. gallus, X. minimus, X. motacilla, X. phasianus, X. picus, X. trochilus, X. trogon

Xiphostylus edolius

Citation: Xiphostylus edolius Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.130
Type specimens: pl.13, fig.5
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Actinommidae
Family (modern): Stylosphaeridae

Current identification:


Original Description

Pores irregular, roundish, composed of two to six smaller confluent pores. On the half equator six to eight large pores, and twenty to thirty small pores; bars between the smaller very thin. Surface a little rough. Major polar spine conical, S-shaped, about twice as long as the axis of the shell; minor spine pommel-shaped, edged, scarcely as long as its radius.

Diameter of the sphere 0.12, large pores 0.01 to 0.03, small pores 0.004 to 0.008, bars 0.001 to 0.004; length of the major spine 0.2, of the minor 0.05, basal breadth 0.02. [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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