CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Clathrocyclas alcmenae Haeckel 1887
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Citation: Clathrocyclas alcmenae Haeckel 1887taxonomic rank: speciesDescribed on page(s) : p.1388Type specimens: pl.59, fig.6Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]Type locality: LM28Type repository: No information given
Original Description Shell conical, with two indistinct strictures. Length of the three joints = 2: 10: 1, breadth = 2: 12: 14. Cephalis hemispherical, with two divergent, pyramidal horns; frontal horn as long as the cephalis, occipital horn of twice the length. Thorax conical, with large hexagonal meshes, increasing gradually in size towards the short abdomen, which is represented only by a single circular girdle of small, square, ahdominal pores. Coronal of the peristome with twenty to thirty triangular, divergent, nearly horizontal feet, as long as the cephalis. Size: Length of the three joints, a 20µm, b 100µm, c 10µm; breadth, a 20µm, b 120µm, c 140µm. Extra details from original publication Habitat: Central Pacific, Station 272, depth 2600 fathoms. Editors' Notes Haeckel listed Clathrocyclas alcmenae under the subgeneric name Clathrocycloma, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name. See also Clathrocyclas europae, C. semeles, C. danaes and Eucecryphalus cuvieri in Haeckel, 1887a.[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. gsO
Clathrocyclas alcmenae compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 5-12-2024
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