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Original Description
testa globosa zonis concentricis ornata, cellulis minoribus, in toto diametro fere 12, aculeis setaceis superficialibus creberrimis, dimidium diametrum globi fere aequanlibus. Zonae 4. Diameter 1/22\' .
Translation: [Test globose, with concentric zones; pores smaller, approximately 12 across an entire diameter; very numerous bristly spines on the surface, approximately equaling half the diameter of the sphere. 4 zones. Diameter 103µm. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]"
Extra details from original publication
Distinguishing features: Haec forma cum Ac. elliptica abyssi philippinensis Flustrellis (planis) affine peculiare genus postulabit. De Cenosphaerinorum familia vide 1838 p. 31.||[This form, together with the Acanthosphaera elliptica from the floor of the Philippine Sea, will requ
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1862b). Übersicht die Tiefgrund-Verhältnisse des Oceans am Eingange der Davisstrasse und bei Island. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1861: 275-315. gsReferences:
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