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Current identification/main database link: Saturnalis Haeckel 1881
Original Description
1b. Tribus: Xiphostylida. Monosphaeria dissacantha (aculeis duobus oppositis, in uno axi sitis).
B. aculeis apice annulo siliceo conjunctis.
BI. annulo laevi.
Translation: 1b. Tribe: Xiphostylida. Monosphaeria with two spines (two opposite spines, situated in one axis).
B. With the apices of the spines joined by a siliceous ring.
BI. With the ring smooth. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek saturnalis = similar to saturnus"
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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