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Original Description
[Smooth, hyaline, with two equal lobes, the lobes ovate, one lobe armed with a long, hair-like lateral spine. Second segment short, subcylindrical, truncate. Length without spine 41 µ, of spine 17 µ. Maximum width 34 µ.
All species of the genus Lithobotrys have an uncertain structural character - the majority are imperfect and therefore need re-examination. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Editors' Notes
Description: "All species of the genus Lithobotrys" refers to L. adspersa, L. acuta, L. cribosa, L. geminata, L. nasuta, L. nucula and L. ornata, all in Ehrenberg, 1873.
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1873a). Grössere Felsproben des Polycystinen-Mergels von Barbados mit weiteren Erläuterungen. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1873: 213-263. gs Ehrenberg, C. G. (1876). Forsetzung der Mikrogeologischen Studien als Gesammt Ubersicht der mikroskopischen Palaontologie gleichartig analysierter Gebiegsarten der Erde, mit specieller Rucksicht aus den Polycystinen Mergel von Barbados. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Kl. 1875: 1-226. gsReferences:
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Lithobotrys stiligera compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 7-3-2021
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