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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Pentophiastrum dicranastrum Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Pentophiastrum -> Pentophiastrum dicranastrum
Other pages this level: P. caudatum, P. dicranastrum, P. forcipatum

Pentophiastrum dicranastrum

Citation: Pentophiastrum dicranastrum Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.558
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM77
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

All five arms equal, with equal angles between them. Each arm in the basal half simple, in the distal half forked; both branches of it equal, with obtuse ends. (This regular species resembles Dicranastrum furcatum, Pl. 47, fig. 2, but with five rays instead of four; also the form of the arms is more slender and the edges smooth.)

Size:
Radius of each arm 0.25, breadth 0.05.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)

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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