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| not figured | Crucidiscus cruciatus Haeckel 1887 | |||
| not figured | Crucidiscus cuspidatus Haeckel 1887 | |||
| not figured | Crucidiscus echinatus Haeckel 1887 | |||
| Crucidiscus endostaurus Haeckel 1887 |
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Current identification:
Original Description
Cenodiscida with four radial spines on the margin of the disk, crossed in the equatorial plane.
Etymology: From the Greek crucidiscus = disk with cross"
Extra details from original publication
The genus Crucidiscus is the most simple form of the Staurodiscida, or of the numerous Discoidea (belonging to different families) in which the margin of the disk bears four radial spines, lying in the equatorial plane, and crossed at right angles. Whilst commonly the internal shell-cavity of Crucidiscus is quite simple, in one case it bears four centripetal axial rods, as inner prolongation of the outer radial cross-spines, perhaps indications of a lost medullary shell (comp. p.410).
[The discussion on p.410, referred to in the text, is part of the family description for Cenodiscida.]
Sub-genera described:
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 year 1873-1876, Zoology. 18: 1-1803. gsReferences:
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Crucidiscus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 2-3-2021
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