CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Sethoconus virgultus Haeckel 1887
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Citation: Sethoconus virgultus Haeckel 1887Rank: speciesDescribed on page(s) : p.1296Type repository: No information givenFamily (traditional): not-known
Current identification:
Original Description Cephalis and thorax nearly of the same form and stricture as in Sethoconus facetus, but larger and wider, with the same delicate, hexagonal network (Pl. 55, fig. 1); it differs from the latter by the wider, more convex and campanulate form, but mainly by the armature of the surface, which is densely covered with thin, arborescent, bristle-shaped spines, irregularly branched, and four to eight times as large as the cephalis.
Cephalis 0.02 diameter, thorax 0.32 long, 0.4 broad. Translation: Size: Etymology: Extra details from original publication
Editors' Notes There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887) Haeckel listed Sethoconus virgultus under the subgeneric name Phlebarachium, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
References:
Haeckel, E (1887a). 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. gsO
Sethoconus virgultus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 8-12-2022
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