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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Conosphaera platyconus Haeckel 1887

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

Conosphaera platyconus

Citation: Conosphaera platyconus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.221
Type specimens: pl.12, fig.3
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM28
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Pores of the shell regular, circular, twice as broad as the bars; ten to twelve on the radius. Conical spines about sixty, regular, broader than they are high, with six to nine pores in the wall.

Size:
Diameter of the shell 0.16, pores 0.008, bars 0.004; length of the spines 0.012, basal breadth 0.024.

Editors' Notes
plate designation in errata, p.1763[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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