Gorgospyris polypus Haeckel 1887.jpg
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Current identification:
Original Description
Shell hemispherical, papillate, with slight sagittal stricture and subregular circular pores. Basal plate with four larger and four alternating smaller pores. Feet sixteen to twenty, slender, curved, divergent; four primary feet larger, twice to three times as long as the shell and the other feet.
Size: Shell 0.08 long, 0.1 broad; feet 0.1 to 0.2 long.
Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Gorgospyris polypus under the subgeneric name Gorgospyrium, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]
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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Gorgospyris polypus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 1-3-2021
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