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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Circospyris nucula Haeckel 1887

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Circospyris nucula

Citation: Circospyris nucula Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1072
Type specimens: pl.95, fig.13
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM52
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell nut-shaped, compressed, smooth, with prominent sagittal ring. On each side of the ring three to four pairs of very large annular polygonal pores. Lateral pores small and numerous, roundish. Basal plate with two large pores only. Horn slender, conical, shorter than' half the shell.

Size:
Shell 110µm long, 130µm broad.

Editors' Notes
It is clear from the generic definition of Circospyris in Haeckel, 1887a that Haeckel used the letter \a" to designate apical horn on his illustration."[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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Circospyris nucula compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 17-3-2025

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