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Original Description
Cephalis large, flat, cap-shaped, with irregular polygonal pores. Thorax flat, campanulate, with subregular, hexagonal pores, and five stout ribs. The marginal distance between the two anterior (lateral) ribs is twice as great as the distance between every two other ribs (the postero-lateral ribs being basal branches of the antero-lateral ribs). Peristome with a double corona of short, conical spines.
Size: Cephalis 0.02 long, 0.04 broad; thorax 0.06 long, 0.17 broad.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Sethophormis asteriscus under the subgeneric name Pentaphormis, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]
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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Sethophormis asteriscus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 4-3-2021
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