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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Calpophaena hexarrhabda Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> C -> Calpophaena -> Calpophaena hexarrhabda
Other pages this level: C. enneaphylla, C. ennearrhabda, C. hexacorethra, C. hexarrhabda, C. pentarrhabda, C. tetracorethra, C. tetrarrhabda

Calpophaena hexarrhabda

Citation: Calpophaena hexarrhabda Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1176
Type specimens: pl.53, figs.17,18
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary]
Type locality: LM6
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell subspherical, rough, with irregular roundish pores. Apical horn conical, shorter than the shell. Basal plate (fig. 18) with three pairs of triangular pores, two larger (cardinal) pores in the middle, two smaller (cervical) at the dorsal, and two intermediate (jugular) at the ventral side. The bars between them are prolonged into six equal cylindrical divergent feet, nearly as long as the shell, provided with a spiny knob at the end.

Size:
Shell 0.09 long, 0.08 broad; horn and feet 0.06 to 0.08 long.

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Calpophaena hexarrhabda under the subgeneric name Acrocorona, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[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


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