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Original Description
Lorica laxe et irregulariter cellulosa (cellulis in 1/100''' 4--5.) undique aculeis raris validis armata, articulis duobus tribusve constans, primo parvo subgloboso, aculeo recto terminate, reliquis turgidis amplis. Long. 1/36"'.
[Shell broad and irregularly porous (4-5 pores in 23m), provided with sparse strong spines on all sides; with always 2 or 3 segments, the first small and subglobose with a straight terminal spine, the others wide and swollen. Length 62m. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: Latin aculeatus -a -um = spiny
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1844c). Untersuchungen uber die kleinsten Lebensformen im Quellenlande des Euphrats und Araxes, so wie uber eine an neuen Formen sehr reiche marine Tripelbildung von den Bermuda-Inseln. Bericht uber die zu Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1844: 253-275. gsReferences:
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Lithocampe aculeata compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 27-2-2021
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