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![]() | Pentinastrum asteriscus Haeckel 1887 | |||
![]() | Pentinastrum goniaster Haeckel 1887 | |||
![]() | Pentinastrum irregulare Sutton 1896 | |||
![]() | Pentinastrum pentacephalum Carter 1896 |
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Current identification:
Original Description
3c. Tribus: Euchitonida. Porodiscida brachiata, brachiis cameratis in plano aequatoriali sitis et e margine disci radiantibus (saepe aculeis brachiorum terminalibus, saepe brachiis patagio vel vimento camerato conjunctis).
D. brachiis quinque.
DII. cum patagio.
Translation: 3c. Tribe: Euchitonida.Porodiscida with arms, the chambered arms being situated in the equatorial plane and radiating from the margin of the disk (often with terminal spines on the arms, and often with the arms Joined by a patagium or chambered web).
D. With five arms.
DII. With patagium. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek pentinastrum = starrulet with five rays"
Haeckel, E. (1882). Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien [Basis for a radiolarian classification from the study of Radiolaria of the Challenger collection]. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 15: 418-472. gsReferences:
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Pentinastrum compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 28-2-2021
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