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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Lithocubus astrangalus Haeckel 1887

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Other pages this level: L. astragalus, L. geometricus, L. octacanthus

Lithocubus astragalus

Citation: Lithocubus astrangalus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1012
Type specimens: pl.82, fig.12
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM25
Type repository: No information given

Current identification: Lithocubus atrangalus


Original Description

The twelve rods of the cubical shell are stout and slightly curved, armed with numerous, simple, and irregularly branched spines. Eight larger spines, branched like a deer's antler, arise from the eight corners of the cube.

Size:
Diameter of the cube 0.1 to 0.12; length of the corner spines 0.05 to 0.08.

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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