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
Both arms equal, in the proximal half simple, in the distal half forked, with six to seven transverse septa; distal end of each branch blunt, without terminal spine, somewhat broader than the base of the whole arm. Axis of the branches concavely curved. (Resembles Amphicraspedum maclaganium, Pl. 45, fig. 11, but wants the patagium.)
Radius of the arms 180µm, basal breadth 65µm; terminal breadth of each branch 75µm.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
[For Amphirrhopalum read Amphirhopalum. For Amphirrhopalium read Amphirhopalium.
Haeckel listed Amphirhopalum ximorphum under the subgeneric name Amphirhopalium, but did not include the subgeneric name 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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