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Original Description
Diameter of the spongy sphere 0.8 to 1.0 mm., of its inner cavity 0.7 to 0.8, meshes 0.01 to 0.02, bars 0.002 to 0.003, central capsule 0.5 to 0.6, nucleus 0.1 to 0.15. [dimensions in mm]
Editors' Notes
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 Nishimura, A. & Yamauchi, M. (1984). Radiolarians from the Nankai Trough in the northwest Pacific. News of Osaka Micropaleontologists, Special Volume. 6: 1-148. gs OReferences:

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