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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Panicium amphacanthum Haeckel 1887

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Other pages this level: P. amphacanthum, P. amphistylus, P. coronatum, P. scoparium

Panicium amphacanthum

Citation: Panicium amphacanthum Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.385
Type age (chronostrat): [Quaternary]
Type locality: LM193
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

All four chambers of the cortical shell nearly of the same size and form, kidney-shaped, with subregular, circular pores, twice as broad as the bars; five to six pores on the half meridian, ten to eleven on the half equator of each chamber. Surface covered with small spines. On both poles of the main axis is a very strong, conical, apical spine, half as long as the main axis, on the base one-fourth as broad as the equatorial axis.

Size:
Main axis (with out polar spines) 0.22, equatorial axis 0.06; pores 0.01, bars 0.005; length of the polar spines 0.12, basal thickness 0.015.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Panicium amphacanthum under the subgeneric name Panicidium, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[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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