1861 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Haeckel pp. 840-841
1862 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Haeckel p. 455-456; pl. 26, figs. 1-3
1912 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Popofsky p. 109-110; text-fig. 2
1960 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Hollande and Enjumet, p. 97-98; pl. 20, figs. 5-7, pl. L45, fig. 4
1966 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Benson p. 175-176; pl. 6, fig. 4, pl. 7, fig. 1
1976 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Renz p. 105; pl. 2, fig. 13
1983 Spongosphaera streptacantha - Benson p. 508
From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1861 Spongosphaera streptacantha n. sp. Haeckel p. 840-841
1862 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Haeckel p. 455-456, pl. 26, figs. 1-3
1878 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Haeckel p. 46, fig. 34
1879 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Hertwig p. 43, 46, pl. 4, fig. 5
1887 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Haeckel p. 282
1910 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Mast p. 187
1911 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Stiasny p. 494
1912 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Popofsky p. 109-110, text-fig. 22, pl. 8, fig. 4
1922 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Rezzo p. 8, fig. 5
1937 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Sugano p. 65-66, text-fig. 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
1960 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Hollande & Enjumet p. 97-98, pl. 20, figs. 5-7, pl. 45, fig. 4
1974 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Renz p. 797, pl. 14, fig. 16
1976 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Renz p. 105, pl. 2, fig. 13
1976 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Tan & Tchang p. 234, text-fig. 11
1979 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Casey et al. fig. 5.16
1984 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Nishimura & Yamauchi p. 33, pl. 15, fig. 4, pl. 52, fig. 2
1985 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Boltovskoy & Jankilevich pl. 2, fig. 8
1986 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Yamauchi pl. 2, fig. 7
1991 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Takahashi p. 65, pl. 7, fig. 6
1996 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Chen & Tan p. 176, pl. 10, figs. 5-7, pl. 41, figs. 1, 2
1998 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Tan p. 185-186, text-fig. 176
1999 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Tan & Chen p. 190, text-fig. 5.98
2004 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Kurihara & Matsuoka p. 37-46, figs. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
2009 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel [type specimen housed in Ernst-Haeckel-Haus] Sakai et al. p.52,pl.1,fig.8;pl.3,fig.10;pl.7,fig.1;pl.8,fig.8;pl.11,fig.4;pl.13,fig.5;pl.22,fig.1
2012 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Krsinic & Krsinic pl. 2, fig. 22
2014 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Matsuzaki et al. pl. 1, fig. 14
2015 Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel Matsuzaki et al. p. 14, 16, fig. 3.3
Catalog entries: Spongosphaera streptacantha
Original description: Rindenskelet im Umfang bald mehr kugelig, bald mehr polygonal, fein und dicht schwammig mit fädlichen Balken und polygonalen engen Maschen von der Breite der Radialstacheln, umschliefst eine kleine doppelte Markschale, gebildet aus 2 concentrischen Gitterkugeln mit halb so breiten Balkem als Maschen. Der Durchmesser der inneren Markschale ist 1/3 so grofs, als der der äufseren, ihre Maschen und Balken halb so grofs. Von der äufseren Markschale ausgehend durch setzen die Rinde 6-12 unsymmetrisch vertheilte, aufserordentlich lange Stacheln, bis über .1mm lang, dreikantig, mit gezähnten, spiralig um die Stachelachse gewundenen Kanten. Centralkapsel kugelig, roth, die gröfsere Hälfte der Rinde einschliefsend.
Benson 1966 - Spongosphaera streptacantha Test consisting of two small, concentric, latticed shells with 6-15 long, heavy, subregularly arranged, three-bladed radial spines with several verticils of lateral branches.A spherical to ellipsoidal, loose, spongy meshwork without definite outward termination is developed between the lateral branches and the surface of the outer shell. Inner latticed shell polyhedral (octahedral or cubic) with 3-4large, subpolygonal pores on the half circumference. Second shell subspherical, globular or suboctahedral with 7-10 subequal, subregularly arranged, subpolygonal pores on the half circumference. Radial spines originate as thin cylindrical beams from the surface of the inner shell, become heavier and three-bladed where they emerge as spines from the second shell; between the second shell and the periphery of the spongy meshwork the spines are either relatively narrow or increase gradually in breadth distally (4-7 µm), but beyond the spongy meshwork they increase greatly in breadth (10-37 µm) but retain this same breadth, gradually tapering to a point, distally. Edges of each of the three-blades serrated beyond the spongy sphere but with conical spines arising at numerous verticils within the mass of the spongy sphere. Measurements: based on 19 specimens from stations 93, 151, 133, and 191: diameter of outer spongy sphere 129-486 µm, of second shell 34-47 µm, of inner shell 15-26 µm; length of radial spines measured from periphery of spongy sphere 135-1120 µm. Distribution: This species is nearly cosmopolitan in the Gulf. It has a slightly higher average frequency in the northern half of the Gulf than in the southern half. In the latter region it is very rare and is absent at stations 27, 56, and 90.Its highest frequency (1.0%) in this region is at station 64 which is located within a region of upwelling near the Mexican mainland. In the northern Gulf it is present only at stations located within or near the diatomite facies. It is absent at stations 130, 194, 203, 206, and 214 and is rare at all other stations except 191 where it is common (2.0%).Its distribution in this part of the Gulf is therefore influenced in part if not wholly by upwelling. Haeckel (1887, p. 282) states that this species is common in all warmer seas at the surface. Hollande and Enjumet (1960, p. 98) state that it is one of the most common species in the plankton in the Bay of Algiers and that it ranges in depth from the surface to 1000 meters. \ From: Benson, 1966, p. 175-176; pl. 6, fig. 4, pl. 7, fig. 1:Spongosphaera streptacantha HaeckelSpongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel, 1861b, Akad. Berlin, Monatsb.(1860), pp. 840-841; 1862, Die Radiolarien, pp. 455-456, Pl. 26, figs. 1-3; Popofsky, 1912, Deutsche Sdpolar-Exped., vol. 13, pp. 109-110, text fig. 22; Hollande and Enjumet, 1960, Paris, Mus. Nat. d Hist. Natur., Archives, vol. 7, ser. 7, pp. 97-98, P1. 20, figs. 5-7, P1. L45, fig. 4.
Published descriptions
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:
Benson, R. N. (1966). Recent Radiolaria from the Gulf of California. Thesis, Minnesota University. 1-577. gs Benson, R. N. (1983). Quaternary radiolarians from the Mouth of the Gulf of California, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 65. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 65: 491-523. gs Haeckel, E (1862). Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda Radiaria). Eine Monographie. Georg Reimer, Berlin. 1-572. gs O Hollande, A. & Enjumet, M. (1960). Cytologie, evolution et systematique des Sphaeroides (Radiolaires). Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 7: 1-134. gs Popofsky, A (1912). Die Sphaerellarien des Warmwassergebietes. Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. 13(5): 73-159. gs Renz, G. W. (1976). The distribution and ecology of Radiolaria in the central Pacific: plankton and surface sediments. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 22: 1-267. gs Missing or ambiguous references: Haeckel 1861; References:
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