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Current identification: Pterocanium arcadophorum
Shell campanulate, smooth, with irregular polygonal pores, very similar to the preceding species but with much broader wings, forming several arcades with three to five rows of irregular meshes. Columella with five or six triradiate verticils of lateral branches. Horn twice as long as the shell, of the same length as the strongly curved spinulate feet.
Original Description
Size: Dimensions.—Shell 0.09 mm long, 0.11 broad.
Extra details from original publication
Habitat.—Central Pacific, Station 265, depth 2900 fathoms.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
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 year 1873-1876, Zoology. 18: 1-1803. gsReferences:
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Pteroscenium arcadophorum compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 19-4-2021
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