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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Litharachnium Haeckel 1861

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				Litharachnium araneosum Haeckel 1887
not figured				Litharachnium discoides Haeckel 1887
				Litharachnium epeira Haeckel 1887
				Litharachnium permagnum Petrushevskaya 1971
not figured				Litharachnium pilidium Haeckel 1887
				Litharachnium tentorium Haeckel 1860 = Litharachnium tentorium

Litharachnium

Citation: Litharachnium Haeckel 1861

Rank: genus

Described on page(s) : 835

Family (traditional): Theoperidae

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Current identification/main database link: Litharachnium Haeckel 1860

Original Description
Gitterschale einfach, ungegliedert, ausgeschweift kegelförmig, fast zeltförmig, oben in eine stumpfe Spitze ausgezogen, von welcher concav gebogene Radialbalken in dem Kegelmantel herablaufen, unten mit einer sehr weiten kreisförmigen Mündung geöffnet. Centralkapsel kegelförmig-birnförmig, in der Spitze eingeschlossen, ungelappt (?).

Translation: Lattice shell, simple, not segmented, irregularly globose, nearly tent-shaped, upwardly terminated by a blunt end from which concave radial beams are downwardly directed in the envelope, and downwardly open with a very wide circular aperture. Central capsule globose-ellipsoidal, included inside the pointed end, non lobate (?). (In German. Translated by J.P.C.)]

Etymology: From the Greek litharachnium = spider-web of stone

Extra details from original publication

Sub-genera described:

Litharachnium (Litharachnium) Haeckel 1861
Litharachnium (Litharachnoma) Haeckel 1887
Litharachnium (Litharachnidium) Haeckel 1887

References:

Haeckel, E (1861b). Fernere Abbildungen und Diagnosen neuer Gattungen und Arten von lebenden Radiolarien des Mittelmeeres. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1860: 835-845. gs

Litharachnium compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 3-3-2021

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