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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Leptosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> L -> Leptosphaera -> Leptosphaera hexagonalis
Other pages this level: L. arachnoides, L. ciliata, L. hexagonalis, L. minuta, L. polygonalis, L. reticulum, L. serrata, L. stellata

Leptosphaera hexagonalis

Citation: Leptosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.244
Type specimens: pl.19, fig.2
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Actinommidae
Family (modern): Astrosphaeridae

Current identification:


Original Description

Inner shell with regular, hexagonal meshes, and very thin, thread-like bars; outer shell twice as broad, with simple triangular meshes. Radial spines with three smooth edges. (Fig. 2 represents the central capsule with numerous club-shaped saccules, prominent externally through the meshes; in the centre a large simple spherical nucleus, one-third as broad as the capsule. The skeleton of this species is identical with that of Diplosphaera hexagonalis, Pl. 19, fig. 3, but has no by-spines.)

Diameter of the outer shell 0.3, of the inner 0.15. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Leptosphaera hexagonalis under the subgeneric name Leptosphaerella , but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.

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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