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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Pentalastrum ophidiaster Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Pentalastrum -> Pentalastrum ophidiaster
Other pages this level: P. asteracanthion, P. astropecten, P. cometa, P. ophidiaster

Pentalastrum ophidiaster

Citation: Pentalastrum ophidiaster Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.557
Type specimens: pl.44, fig.3
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Spongodiscidae
Family (modern): Euchitoniidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Arms nearly triangular, at their obtuse truncated distal end twice as broad as at their base. Four arms equal, with five joints each; the fifth arm twice as long, with seven joints. Angles between the arms nearly equal; the odd angle a little larger.

Radius of the larger odd arm 0.25, of the four smaller arms 0.15; basal breadth 0.035, distal breadth 0.07. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Pentalastrum ophidiaster under the subgeneric name Pentalastromma, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.

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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