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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Arachnosphaera Haeckel 1861

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				Arachnosphaera dichotoma Jørgensen 1900 = Arachnosphaera dichotoma
not figured				Arachnosphaera dolichacantha Haeckel 1887
				Arachnosphaera hexasphaera Popofsky 1912
not figured				Arachnosphaera increscens Haeckel 1887
				Arachnosphaera irregularis Mast 1910
				Arachnosphaera myriacantha Haeckel 1860 = Arachnosphaera myriacantha
				Arachnosphaera oligacantha Haeckel 1860
not figured				Arachnosphaera tenuissima Haeckel 1887
not figured				Arachnosphaera velaris Haeckel 1887

Arachnosphaera

Citation: Arachnosphaera Haeckel 1861

Rank: genus

Type species: Arachnosphaera oligacantha Haeckel 1860 [designated by Campbell,1954, p.D66]

Described on page(s) : 804

Family (traditional): Actinommidae

Current identification/main database link: Arachnosphaera Haeckel 1860

Original Description

Skelet besteht aus mehreren (4-6) concentrischen, durch radiale Stacheln verbundenen Gitterkugeln, von denen nur die innerste, die kugelige Centralkapsel einschliefsende, regulär sechseckige und gleiche Maschen besitzt, während die übrigen aus ungleichen und unregelmäfsigen polygonalen Maschen zusammengesetzt sind.

Translation:

Shell composed of many (4-6) latticed spheres which are united by radial spines, and from which only the inner one, containing the globular central capsule, has regular, uniform, hexagonal pores, when the other ones are composed of irregular meshes of different size. (In German. Translated by J.P.C.)]

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Etymology:

From the Greek arachne= spider web and sphaira= sphere"

Extra details from original publication

Sub-genera described:

Arachnosphaera (Arachnosphaera) Haeckel 1861
Arachnosphaera (Arachnosphaeromma) Haeckel 1887
Arachnosphaera (Arachnosphaerella) Haeckel 1887

Editors' Notes

See also Litharachnium in Mivart, 1878

References:

Haeckel, E (1861a). Uber neue, lebende Radiolarien des Mittelmeeres und legte die dazu gehorigen Abbildungen. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1860: 794-817. gs

Arachnosphaera compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 20-5-2022

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