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Current identification:
Original Description
Cephalis small, flat, cap-shaped, with small, regular, hexagonal pores. Thorax flatly conical, nearly discoidal, with larger pores of the same form, and six stout, straight, prominent ribs. These arise at equal distances from the six corners of the hexagonal base of the collar septum. Peristome hexagonal, with a corona of short spines.
Cephalis 0.015 long, 0.04 broad; thorax 0.06 long, 0.24 broad.
Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Sethophormis hexagonalis under the subgeneric name Hexaphormis, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.
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 hexagonalis compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 25-2-2021
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