Cyclampterium_ tanythorax Sanfilippo and Riedel 1970.jpg
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Current identification:
Original Description
Shell robust, subspherical to subellipsoidal in general form. Cephalis subspherical, poreless or with a few small pores, commonly with a short apical horn. Collar stricture pronounced. Thorax inflated, thick-walled. with rather regular circular pores increasing in size away from the collar stricture, and a thorny surface. Abdomen thick-walled, with subcircular pores less regular than those of the thorax, always closed distally, ranging in form from a slightly convex cap to inflated, more than hemispherical. There are no feet, but in some specimens a few short, irregularly scattered subterminal spines.
(Based on 1 5 specimens) Total length 290-380µm. Length of thorax 185-235µm, its maximum breadth 240-290µm. Distinguishing characters (rw): This species is distinguished from C. ? leptetrum by the greater dimensions of the thorax, thorny rather than nodose surface of the thorax, and more regular lattice-work of the abdomen, which is closed in all specimens in which it is preserved. The thorax is not compressed as it is in C. ? brachythorax.
It is practically impossible to distinguish between this species and C. ? brachythorax unless specimens can be viewed perpendicularly to the axis of the shell. In the cases of some of the samples examined, insufficient material was available to permit making special preparations to orient the specimens, and this accounts for the doubtful occurrences of these two species indicated in the tables.
Etymology: From the Greek tany = long, and thorax
Sanfilippo, A. & Riedel, W. R. (1970). Post-Eocene "closed" theoperid radiolarians. Micropaleontology. 16(4): 446-462. gsReferences:
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Cyclampterium tanythorax compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 24-2-2021
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