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 year 1873-1876, Zoology. 18: 1-1803. gs
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Current identification:
Original Description
Shell thorny, with slight collar stricture. Length of the two joints = 1: 10, breadth = 3: 8. Cephalis flat, cap-shaped, without horn. Thorax pear-shaped, with hemispherical base and regular, circular pores. From its lower half (beyond the equator) arises a corona of numerous short conical wings (eighteen to twenty-four), which are a little curved, and divergent downwards, scarcely one-third as long as the thorax.
Size: Cephalis 0.015 long, 0.04 broad; thorax 0.15 long, 0.12 broad.
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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Sethophaena polyptera compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 4-3-2021
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