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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Acanthodesmia ceratospyris Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> A -> Acanthodesmia -> Acanthodesmia ceratospyris
Other pages this level: A. arcuala, A. ceratospyris, A. corona, A. dumentum, A. hertwigi, A. inermis, A. muelleri, A. polybrocha, A. prismatium

Acanthodesmia ceratospyris

Citation: Acanthodesmia ceratospyris Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.976
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Trissocyclidae
Family (modern): Acanthodesmiidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Frontal ring violin-shaped, one and a half times as broad as high, with a deep sagittal constriction. Sagittal ring semicircular, half as high as the frontal ring. The four gates between the two rings are partly fenestrated by anastomosing branches of the numerous, irregularly branched spines, which cover all three rings. Basal gate nearly circular, smaller than the sagittal ring.

Height of the frontal ring 80µm, breadth 120µm.

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 years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O


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