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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Lithocubus octacantha Haeckel 1887

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

Lithocubus octacanthus

Citation: Lithocubus octacantha Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1011
Type age (chronostrat): Recent
Type locality: LM64
Type repository: No information given

Current identification: Lithocubus octacantha


Original Description

The twelve rods of the cubical shell are slightly curved, convex, smooth, as in the similar preceding species. It differs from that in the development of eight slender radial spines, arising from the eight corners of the geometrical cube, from two to three times as long as its diameter, and lying opposite in pairs in its diagonals.

Size:
Diameter of the cube 0.06; length of the spines 0.15.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Description\ The \"preceding similar species\" refers to Lithocubus geometricus Haeckel, 1887a."[comment from RadWorld database]

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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