arrayname: original 
radiolaria - rads_cat - Calocyclas amicae radiolaria - rads_cat - Calocyclas amicae

CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Calocyclas amicae Haeckel 1887

This page provides data from the catalog of type descriptions. The catalog is sorted alphabetically. Use the current identification link to go back to the main database.


Higher levels: rads_cat -> C -> Calocyclas -> Calocyclas amicae
Other pages this level: C. aculeata, C. advena, C. amicae, C. aphradia, C. aspasia, C. barbadensis, C. casta, C. coronata, C. coronata globosa, C. costata, C. crassa, C. cylindrica, C. destefanii, C. disparidens, C. extensa, C. extensa contracta, C. hannai, C. hyalogaster> >>

Calocyclas amicae

Citation: Calocyclas amicae Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1382
Type specimens: pl.74, fig.2
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary]
Type locality: LM13
Type repository: No information given

Current identification/main database link: Theocorythium trachelium trachelium (Ehrenberg 1872)


Original Description

Shell smooth, with two slight strictures. Length of the three joints = 2: 4: 5, breadth = 2: 5: 5. Cephalis subspherical, with a pyramidal horn of the same length. Thorax campanulate-conical; abdomen nearly cylindrical; both with small, subregular, circular pores. Peristome with a corona of twelve to fifteen small, triangular feet, only as large as the thickness of the shell-wall, and separated by distances of twice the size.

Size:
Length of the three joints, a 40, b 80, c 100µm; breadth, a 40, b 100, c 100µm

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Calocyclas amicae under the subgeneric name Calocycletta, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
Synonymized with Theocorythium trachelium trachelium by Nigrini, 1967 [comment from RadWorld database]

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 years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O


logo

Calocyclas amicae compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 26-3-2025

Taxon Search:
Advanced Search

Short stable page link: https://mikrotax.org/radiolaria/index.php?id=261419 Go to Archive.is to create a permanent copy of this page - citation notes



Add Comment

* Required information
Captcha Image

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first!