= Octodendron cubocentron
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Current identification/main database link: Octodendron Haeckel 1887
Original Description
Astrosphaerida with a single, cubical medullary shell, and eight primary radial spines arising from its eight corners; these are connected at equa1 distances by a latticed, spherical, cortical shell, from which the spongy framework directly springs; often from the latter secondary radial spines arise.
Etymology: From the Greek octodendron = shell with eight trees
Extra details from original publication
The genus Octodendron has the same regular, cubical medullary shell as the preceding Centrocubus, but differs from it in the wide interval separating the medullary shell from the inner spherical face of the spongy cortical shell, the two being connected only by eight radial beams, arising from the eight corners of the cube.
Sub-genera described:
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 year 1873-1876, Zoology. 18: 1-1803. gsReferences:
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