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Current identification:
Original Description
Mitral ring smaller than the basal, both rings square, with thick straight rods. Sagittal ring tuberculate, square, equatorial part thinner. Four columellae curved, the two lateral ones prolonged downwards into two vertical parallel straight feet of half their length.
Size: Diameter of the cube 0.12; length of the feet 0.06.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Acrocubus brachiatus under the subgeneric name Diplocubus, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]
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. gsReferences:
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Acrocubus brachiatus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 5-3-2021
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