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Original Description
Central capsule lentelliptical; with three different axes, bearing the proportion 4: 3: 2. Nucleus spherical; its diameter equal to the shortest radius of the capsule. No nucleoli visible. Protoplasm transparent, with small vacuoles; on the inside of the thin capsule-membrane numerous (fifty to sixty) small oil-globules, regularly disposed. Calymma lentelliptical, twice as large as the central capsule.
Major axis or length of the capsule 200µm, middle axis or breadth 150µm, minor axis or height 100µm; diameter of the nucleus 50µm, of the calymma 300-400µm.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Actissa larcoides under the subgeneric name Actilarcus, 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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