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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Polyplecta decacantha Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Polyplecta -> Polyplecta decacantha
Other pages this level: P. decacantha, P. enneacantha, P. heptacantha

Polyplecta decacantha

Citation: Polyplecta decacantha Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.930
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM51
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Ten radial spines, curved, cylindrical, irregularly branched, diverge in different directions and seem to arise in pairs from an irregular central framework, in the centre of which five primary spines are united; the latter correspond probably to the five spines of Pentaspys, &c. The density of the spongy central framework did not allow of an accurate investigation and makes it doubtful whether this species is not a Spongiomma.

Size:
Length of the spines 0.3 to 0.4, diameter of the framework 0.18.

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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