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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Pentaspyris pentacantha Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Pentaspyris -> Pentaspyris pentacantha
Other pages this level: P. isacantha, P. karyokephalis, P. papillosa, P. paradoxa, P. pentacantha

Pentaspyris pentacantha

Citation: Pentaspyris pentacantha Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1054
Type specimens: pl.95, fig.11
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM19
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell nut-shaped, tuberculate, with deep sagittal stricture. Pores irregular roundish, two pairs of larger pores on each side of the ring. Basal plate with four larger pores. All five feet cylindrical, S-shaped curved, strongly divergent, with few short branches, the two pectoral feet twice as long as the shell and the two tergal feet; odd caudal foot shorter.

Size:
Shell 0.08 long, 0.13 broad; pectoral feet 0.2 long, tergal feet 0.1, caudal foot 0.06.

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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