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type material: D. dendrophora
From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1887 Drymosphaera (Drymosphaeromma) dendrophora n. sp. Haeckel p. 249-250, pl. 20, figs. 1, 1a, 1b
1976 Drymosphaera dendrophora Haeckel Tan & Tchang p. 229-230, text-fig. 5a, 5b
1991 Drymosphaera dendrophora Haeckel Takahashi p. 70, pl. 11, fig. 4
1998 Drymosphaera dendrophora Haeckel Tan p. 163, text-fig. 151
1999 Drymosphaera dendrophora Haeckel Tan & Chen p. 173, text-fig. 5.81
Catalog entries: Drymosphaera dendrophora
type material: D. dendrophoraOriginal description: Inner shell with irregular, polygonal meshes and very thin thread-like bars; outer shell one and a half times as broad, with simple triangular meshes and thicker bars, which bear a forest of very numerous, repeatedly dichotomous or irregularly branched, curved by-spines, longer than the diameter of the outer shell. Radial main spines with three dentated edges. All parts of the skeleton, the net bars as well as the radial beams and spines, are very elegantly denticulated (fig. lb). The central capsule (fig. 1a) completely distends the inner shell and forces out protuberances through all its pores; in its centre lies a nucleus one-third its size.
Diameter of the outer shell 0.25, inner 0.16. [dimensions in mm]
Remarks on original description: Haeckel listed Drymosphaera dendrophora under the subgeneric name Drymosphaeromma , but did not include the subgeneric name in 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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Drymosphaera dendrophora compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 21-6-2025
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