1887 Astrosphaera hexagonalis - Haeckel p. 250, pl. 19, fig. 4
From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1887 Astrosphaera (Astrosphaerella) hexagonalis n. sp. Haeckel p. 250, pl. 19, fig. 4
1910 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Mast p. 174
1912 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Popofsky p. 105-106, text-fig. 16, pl. 8, fig. 2
1937 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Sugano p. 64, text-fig. 21.1, 21.2
1974 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Renz p. 789, pl. 14, fig. 1
1976 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Renz p. 100-101, pl. 2, fig. 12
1976 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Tan & Tchang p. 238-239, text-fig. 4a, 4b
1981 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Takahashi & Honjo p. 147, pl. 2, fig. 12
1984 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Nishimura & Yamauchi p. 24, pl. 14, figs. 1, 2
1985 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Boltovskoy & Jankilevich pl. 1, fig. 17
1986 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Yamauchi pl. 2, fig. 3
1990 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Fujioka pl. 38, fig. 7
1990 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Yeh & Cheng pl. 3, fig. 2
1990 Diplosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Fujioka pl. 39, fig. 5
1991 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Takahashi p. 69, pl. 11, figs. 1-3
1998 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Tan p. 164, text-fig. 152
1999 Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel Tan & Chen p. 173-174, text-fig. 5.82
Catalog entries: Astrosphaera hexagonalis
Original description: Inner shell with regular, hexagonal meshes and very thin bars, having a bristle-shaped, short radial by-spine in each hexagon-corner; outer shell twice as broad, with simple triangular meshes and thicker bars, bearing one row of simple bristle-shaped, curved, radial by-spines. Radial main spines with three smooth edges.
Diameter of the outer shell 320µm, inner 160µm.
Remarks on original description: Haeckel listed Astrosphaera hexagonalis under the subgeneric name Astrosphaerella, but did not include the subgeneric name the species name.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
First occurrence (base): within Quaternary Period (0.00-2.59Ma, base in Gelasian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
Plot of occurrence data:
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