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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Phormostichoartus pitomorphus Caulet 1986

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Phormostichoartus -> Phormostichoartus pitomorphus
Other pages this level: P. ashbyi, P. fistula, P. pitomorphus, P. schneideri, P. strongi

Phormostichoartus pitomorphus

Citation: Phormostichoartus pitomorphus Caulet 1986
Taxonomic rank: species

Current identification/main database link: Phormostichoartus pitomorphus Caulet 1986


Original Description

Shell smooth, spindle-shaped, consisting of four segments. Cephalis conical with well-developed, poreless, vertical tube lying along the thorax for about a third of its total length. Numerous circular pores, hexagonnally framed , in regular horizontal rows. No apical horn.

Size:
Total length: 75-80m. Maximum width: 25-30µm.

Extra details from original publication
Remarks: Relationships of this species with P. fistula and P. platycephala are described earlier in this chapter. In specimens of P. pitomorphus, thethorax is always longer than the abdomen.

References:

Caulet, J. (1986b). Radiolarians from the Southwest Pacific. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 90: 835-861. gs

Caulet, J. (1986a). A refined radiolarian biostratigraphy for the Pleistocene of the temperate Indian Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology. 11(1-3): 217-229. gs

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Phormostichoartus pitomorphus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 25-1-2025

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