Pentalastrum ophidiaster Haeckel 1887.jpg
Pentinastrum ophidiaster Haeckel 1887.jpg
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Pentalastrum ophidiaster Haeckel 1887.jpg
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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.
Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Pentalastrum ophidiaster under the subgeneric name Pentalastromma, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
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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Pentalastrum ophidiaster compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 18-4-2021
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