CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Artiscus elegans Haeckel 1887
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Citation: Artiscus elegans Haeckel 1887Rank: speciesDescribed on page(s) : p.356Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]Type locality: LM49Type repository: No information given
Current identification:
Original Description Pores of the shell regular, circular, with hexagonal frames, twice as broad as the bars; fourteen pores on the half meridian, eight to nine on the half equator. From every corner of the hexagonal frames (between every three pores) starts a thin, three-sided pyramidal spine, twice as large as a pore. Size: Main axis 0.13, equatorial axis 0.08; meshes 0.007, bars 0.004; spines 0.015 long. Editors' Notes There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887) Haeckel listed Artiscus elegans under the subgeneric name Artidium, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]
References:
Haeckel, E (1887a). 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
Artiscus elegans compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 5-6-2023
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