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Original Description
Sagittal ring elliptical, with a large branched apical horn. Basal ring small, square, with two small triangular gates (or jugular pores). From its periphery there arise six short and stout cylindrical feet, one very large (caudal) from the posterior corner, two tergal on each side, two opposite (pectoral) from the lateral corners, and one odd sternal from the anterior corner. All six spines bear a bunch of ten to twenty stout pointed conical branches, partly simple, partly forked.
Size: Height of the sagittal ring 0.12, breadth 0.08.
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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Semantiscus hexapodius compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 4-3-2021
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