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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Dictyospyris stalactites Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> D -> Dictyospyris -> Dictyospyris stalactites
Other pages this level: D. anthophora, D. biloba, D. biporata, D. ceratospyris [nomen nudum], D. clathrus, D. discus, D. distoma, D. enneastoma, D. fenestra, D. gigas, D. hexastoma, D. mammillaris, D. melissium, D. meneghinii, D. messanensis, D. polystoma, D. quadriloba, D. reticulata, D. sphaera, D. spinulosa, D. stalactites, D. tetrastoma, D. tridentata, D. trilobata, D. triomma, D. tristoma, D. uniporata

Dictyospyris stalactites

Citation: Dictyospyris stalactites Haeckel 1887
taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1073
Type specimens: pl.89, fig.7
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]; [?Eocene]
Type locality: LM28; LL23
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell nut-shaped, covered with irregular ramified tubercles (like stalactites), with deep sagittal stricture. Pores not numerous, large, irregular, roundish. Two pairs of large triangular pores on each side of the ring (the inferior larger). Basal plate with two very large semicircular collar pores.

Size:
Shell 0.07 long, 0.09 broad.

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Dictyospyris stalactites under the subgeneric name Dictyospyrantha, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]

References:

Haeckel, E (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O


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