CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Cymaetron Caulet 1991
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Original Description The two-segmented shell with a sinuous outline. Cephalis small with a robust internal cephalis structure. Apical spine extending outward as a strong rough apical horn. Vertical spine extruding as a small thorn. Dorsal and lateral spines prolonged as ribs on the upper part of the thorax. Thorax constricted in false segments. Opening wide open. Etymology: From the Greek kyma = wave, and etron = abdomen.
References:
Caulet, J. (1991). Radiolarians from the Kerguelen Plateau, Leg 119. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 119: 513-546. gs
Cymaetron compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 7-6-2023
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