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Arachnosphaera


Classification: rads_cenozoic -> Actinommidae -> Astrosphaeridae -> Arachnosphaera
Sister taxa: Arachnosphaera, Cladococcus, Haeckeliella, Heliosphaera, Stomatosphaera
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)
Arachnosphaera dichotoma

neptune records:
Arachnosphaera myriacantha

neptune records:
Arachnosphaera sp.

neptune records: 6

Taxonomy

Citation: Arachnosphaera Haeckel 1861
Taxonomic rank: genus
Basionym: Arachnosphaera

Catalog entries: Arachnosphaera

Original description: Skelet besteht aus mehreren (4-6) concentrischen, durch radiale Stacheln verbundenen Gitterkugeln, von denen nur die innerste, die kugelige Centralkapsel einschliefsende, regulär sechseckige und gleiche Maschen besitzt, während die übrigen aus ungleichen und unregelmäfsigen polygonalen Maschen zusammengesetzt sind.


Translated description: Shell composed of many (4-6) latticed spheres which are united by radial spines, and from which only the inner one, containing the globular central capsule, has regular, uniform, hexagonal pores, when the other ones are composed of irregular meshes of different size. (In German. Translated by J.P.C.)]
Remarks on original description: See also Litharachnium in Mivart, 1878

Description

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Quaternary Period (0.00-2.59Ma, base in Gelasian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Haeckel, E (1861b). Uber neue, lebende Radiolarien des Mittelmeeres und legte die dazu gehorigen Abbildungen. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1860: 794-817. gs


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