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Original Description
Shell flatly conical or tent-shaped, with concave lateral outlines. Apex with three unequal cortinar pores. Twelve stronger radial primary ribs complete; between them numerous (twenty four to thirty-six) thinner secondary, and very numerous (more than one hundred) tertiary ribs. Margin reflexed, like the curved brim of a hat.
Shell 0.12 long, 0.27 broad.
Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Litharachnium epeira under the subgeneric name Litharachnidium, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
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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Litharachnium epeira compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 18-4-2021
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