CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Archiphaena gorgospyris Haeckel 1887
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Citation: Archiphaena gorgospyris Haeckel 1887Rank: speciesDescribed on page(s) : p.1178Type specimens: pl.98, figs.10,10aType age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]Type locality: LM12Type repository: No information given
Current identification:
Original Description Shell hemispherical, smooth, with small subregular, circular pores. Collar septum with four large pores (fig. 10a). Twelve to fifteen feet, divergent, lamellar, truncate, about as long as the shell. (Similar to certain forms of Gorgospyris, Pl. 87, figs. 1 to 3, but with simple shell cavity, without sagittal ring and constrictions, and without a columella) Translation: Size: Shell 80µm long, 40µm broad; feet 30 to 40µm long. Etymology: Extra details from original publication
Editors' Notes Haeckel listed Archiphaena gorgospyris under the subgeneric name Coronophaena, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
The species illustrated on pl.87, figs.1-3 are Gorgospyris medusa, Gorgospyris medusetta, and Gorgospyris polypus in Haeckel, 1887a.[comment from RadWorld database]
References:
Haeckel, E (1887a). 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 years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gsO
Archiphaena gorgospyris compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 4-2-2023
Archiphaena gorgospyris Haeckel 1887.jpg
Archiphaena gorgospyris Haeckel 1887.jpg
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