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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Phacodiscus lentiformis Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Phacodiscus -> Phacodiscus lentiformis
Other pages this level: P. calvertanus, P. clypeus, P. coronoides, P. duplus, P. duplus ukrainicus, P. grandis, P. lentiformis, P. licharevi, P. rotula, P. subsphaericus, P. testatus

Phacodiscus lentiformis

Citation: Phacodiscus lentiformis Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.425
Type specimens: pl.35, fig.8
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Coccodiscidae
Family (modern): Coccodiscidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Disk with smooth surface, three and a half times as broad as the outer, and ten times as broad as the inner medullary shell. Pores regularly circular; twelve to thirteen on the radius of the disk. Margin of the disk sharp, as in a biconvex lens.
Dimensions.¾Diameter of the disk 0.25, of the outer medullary shell 0.07, of the inner 0.025; pores 0.01. [dimensions in mm]

Etymology:
Latin "lentiformis" (-is, -e) = lense-shaped

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Phacodiscus lentiformis under the subgeneric name Phacodiscinus, 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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