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Original Description
Cortical shell thick walled, with irregular, roundish pores, about the same breadth as the bars. Radial proportion of the three spheres = 1: 2: 8; between them numerous (twenty to thirty or more) cylindrical connecting beams. Entire surface densely covered with innumerable small bristle-shaped spines, as long as the diameter of the inner shell.
Diameter of the outer shell 250µm, middle 60µm, inner 30µm; cortical pores and bars 4 to 8µm; length of the spines 30µm.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Actinomma hirsutum under the subgeneric name Actinommilla, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
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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