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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Conosphaera plagioconus Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> C -> Conosphaera -> Conosphaera plagioconus
Other pages this level: C. clivosa, C. collinus, C. comicus, C. lamellispina, C. orthoconus, C. plagioconus, C. platyconus, C. stilloformis

Conosphaera plagioconus

Citation: Conosphaera plagioconus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.222
Type specimens: pl.12, fig.4
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM17
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Pores of the shell irregular, polygonal, twice to five times as broad as the bars; twenty to twenty four on the radius. Conical spines about eighty, irregularly formed and scattered, with oblique (not radial) axes; about as high as broad, with eight to twelve pores in the wall.

Size:
Diameter of the shell 0.25, pores 0.005 to 0.015, bars 0.003; length of the spines 0.02, basal breadth 0.02.

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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Conosphaera plagioconus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 19-6-2025

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