radiolaria - rads_cat - Zygocircus tetragonus

CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Zygocircus tetragonus Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> Z -> Zygocircus -> Zygocircus tetragonus

Other pages this level: Z. acacia, Z. acanthophorus, Z. archicircus, Z. buetschli, Z. capulosus, Z. cimelium, Z. dodecanthus, Z. hexagonus, Z. longispinus, Z. pentagonus, Z. piscicaudatus, Z. polygonus, Z. productus, Z. productus abnormis, Z. productus tricarinatus, Z. rhombicus, Z. sagittalis, Z. tetragonus, Z. trigonus, Z. triquetrus

Zygocircus tetragonus

Citation: Zygocircus tetragonus Haeckel 1887

Rank: species

Type locality: LM51

Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]

Type repository: No information given

Described on page(s) : p.946

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Current identification:

Original Description
Gate ovate. Ring quadrangular, without edges, with four simple conical spines of different sizes; one smaller apical, one larger basal, and two equatorial spines of middle size (one dorsal and one ventral). Dorsal and ventral rod curved.

Size: Diameter of the gate 0.04 to 0.06; length of the spines 0.018 to 0.026.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)

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 year 1873-1876, Zoology. 18: 1-1803. gs

Zygocircus tetragonus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 14-4-2021

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