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Current identification: Sethophaena tetrapera
Original Description
Shell smooth, with deep collar stricture. Length of the two joints = 3: 10, breadth = 4: 9. Cephalis subspherical, without horn. Thorax ovate, with rounded hemispherical base, and subregular, hexagonal pores. From its upper half (below the collar stricture) arise four divergent, conical, straight wings, of half the length, opposite in pairs in two meridional planes, perpendicular to one another (compare Tetralacorys, Pl. 65, Figs. 4, 5).
Size: Cephalis 0.03 long, 0.04 broad; thorax 0.1 long, 0.09 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 tetraptera compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 25-2-2021
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