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Original Description
Cephalis small, hemispherical, with small, irregular, polygonal pores. Thorax flatly pyramidal, nearly discoidal, with nine prominent, stout ribs, which are connected by numerous (twelve to sixteen) horizontal, nine-angled rings. In the outer half of the thorax there are nine weaker secondary ribs interpolated between the nine stronger primaries, and eighteen shorter and feebler tertiary ribs between the former and the latter. Peristome denticulated, nine-angled.
Size: Cephalis 0.03 diameter, thorax 0.08 long, 0.24 broad.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Sethophormis enneactis under the subgeneric name Enneaphormis, 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 enneactis compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 25-2-2021
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