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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Cyrtocapsella isopera Chen 1975

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> C -> Cyrtocapsella -> Cyrtocapsella isopera

Other pages this level: C. ampullacea, C. eldholmi, C. isopera, C. japonica dilatata, C. kladaros, C. robusta, C. rumana, C. tetrapera distributa

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Cyrtocapsella isopera

Citation: Cyrtocapsella isopera Chen 1975

Rank: species

Type specimens: pl.4, figs.3-5

Type repository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. [No number given]

Described on page(s) : p.488

Family (traditional): Theoperidae

Family (modern): Lophocyrtiidae

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Current identification:

Original Description
Cephalis spherical, bearing one short, conical apical spine, with few. small, circular pores. Collar stricture marked by a distinct change in contour. Thorax campanulate, smooth-walled, with longitudinally disposed circular pores of uniform dimension. Lumbar stricture distinct. Abdomen cylindrical, inflated cylindrical or inverted conical, with a constriction at the middle in some specimens. Abdominal pores similar in size and arrangement to those in the thorax. Shell closed by a sieve plate with a small circular aperture.
(Dimensions based on 30 specimens from 266-21-3, 50-52 cm.; 266-20, CC; 266-19, CC; and 266-18, CC.) Length of cephalis 18-20µm, of thorax 36-54µm, of abdomen 36-80µm. Width of thorax 54-83µm, of abdomen 50-93µm. Distinguishing characters (rw): This species is characterized by its small, circular, uniform pores in both thorax and abdomen.

References:

Chen, P. H. (1974). Some new Tertiary Radiolaria from Antarctic deep-sea sediments. Micropaleontology. 20(4): 480-492. gs

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