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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Acanthosphaera mucronata Haeckel 1887

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Acanthosphaera mucronata

Citation: Acanthosphaera mucronata Haeckel 1887

Rank: species

Type specimens: pl.26, fig.7

Type repository: No information given

Described on page(s) : p.212

Family (traditional): Actinommidae

Family (modern): Actinommidae

Current identification:

Original Description
Shell thick walled, fifteen times as broad as one pore. Pores regular, circular, hexagonally framed, funnel-shaped, three times as broad as the bars. Radial spines twenty to thirty, dagger-shaped or spindle-shaped, angular, twice as broad in the middle as one pore, about as long as the radius.

Diameter of the shell 110µm, pores 7.5µm, bars 2.5µm; length of the spines 60µm, breadth 15µm.

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Acrosphaera mucronata the subgeneric name Rhaphidocapsa, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.

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

Acanthosphaera mucronata compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 29-1-2022

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