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Current identification/main database link: Pterocorys Haeckel 1881
Original Description
3b. Tribus: Theopilida. Tricystida aperta triradiata.
A. Theopilida secundo articulo triradiato (Pterocorida ) (= costis aut appendicibus medii articuli tribus perspicuis).
AI. limbata (ostia testae laevi aut succiso).
Ia. secundo articulo simpliciter clathrato.
a++ costi articuli secundi tribus in spinas productis.
Translation: 3b. Tribe: Theopilida. Open, triradiate Tricyrtida.
A. Theopilida with the second segment triradiate (Pterocorida) (that is, with three ribs or appendages of the middle segment visible).
AI. Girdled (aperture of the test smooth or truncate).
Ia. With second segment simply latticed.
a++ 'With three ribs of the second segment prolonged as spines. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek pteron = wing, and corys = helmet.
Extra details from original publication
Sub-genera described:
Haeckel, E. (1882). Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien [Basis for a radiolarian classification from the study of Radiolaria of the Challenger collection]. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 15: 418-472. gsReferences:
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