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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Dictyoceras formica Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> L -> Lipmanella -> Dictyoceras formica
Other pages this level: D. bombus, D. formica, D. insectum, L. acanthicum, L. caia, L. japonica conica, L. neglectum, L. oligocenica, L. pilva, L. prismaticum, L. rawanensis, L. tribranchiata, L. xiphephorum

Dictyoceras formica

Citation: Dictyoceras formica Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1325
Type specimens: pl.71, fig.8
Type age (chronostrat): Recent
Type locality: LM210
Type repository: No information given

Current identification: Lipmanella formica


Original Description

Shell with obliterate collar, but deep lumbar stricture. Length of the three joints = 1: 2: 3, breadth = 2: 5: 4. Cephalis conical, with an oblique curved horn of the same length. Thorax with three vaulted swellings between the three prominent, diverging, lattice-wings, the apex of which is prolonged downwards into a solid curved spine, half as long as the inflated abdomen. Mouth little constricted. Pores irregular, roundish, of different sizes.

Size:
Length of the three joints, a 0.02, b 0.04, c 0.06; breadth, a 0.03, b 0.1, c 0.09.

Editors' Notes
Now Lipmanella formica

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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