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
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Current identification:
Original Description
Shell spiny, with distinct collar stricture. Length of the three joints = 2: 10: 8, breadth = 3: 11: 10. Cephalis hemispherical, large, hyaline, and thick-walled, with a very stout, conical horn of the same length. Thorax pear-shaped, with numerous, regular, circular pores and conical spines, the size of which increases gradually towards the deep, lumbar stricture. Abdomen truncate, conical, with irregular, roundish pores, and six very strong, straight, divergent ribs, prolonged into six short, conical feet.
Length of the three joints, a 40, b 200, c 160µm; breadth, a 60, b 220µm, c 200µm.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Alacorys hexapleura under the subgeneric name Hexalacorys, 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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