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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Pylodiscus cardiopylus Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> P -> Pylodiscus -> Pylodiscus cardiopylus
Other pages this level: P. cardiopylus, P. echinatus, P. nephropylus, P. sexangularis, P. triangularis

Pylodiscus cardiopylus

Citation: Pylodiscus cardiopylus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.571
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Pyloniidae
Family (modern): Pyloniidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Cortical shell hexangular, equilateral, five times as broad as the triangular, Triopyle-shaped medullary shell. Surface smooth. Three arms triangular, at the distal end as broad as the three heart-shaped gates. On the margin six strong pyramidal spines in the equatorial plane (adradial, as prolongations of the lateral arm-edges).

Diameter of the disk 0.15, of the gates 0.05. [dimensions in mm]

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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Pylodiscus cardiopylus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 9-10-2026

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