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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Larcarium octostylum Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> L -> Larcarium -> Larcarium octostylum
Other pages this level: L. amphistylum, L. axostylum, L. chaetostylum, L. hexastylum, L. octostylum, L. polystylum, L. staurostylum

Larcarium octostylum

Citation: Larcarium octostylum Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.609
Family (traditional): not-known

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell thorny, with eight thin cylindrical radial spines, opposite in pairs in two crossed diagonal planes. Network of the shell irregular, with roundish pores, twice to four times as broad as the bars; nine to eleven on the half meridian, five to seven on the half equator. Proportion of the three dimensive axes = 3: 4: 5.

Length of the shell 0.11, breadth 0.09, thickness 0.07; pores 0.006 to 0.012, bars 0.003. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)

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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