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![]() | Spongosphaera helioides Haeckel 1862 = Spongosphaera helioides | |||
![]() | Spongosphaera pachystyla Ehrenberg 1873 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Spongosphaera polyacantha Müller 1857 | ||
not figured | Spongosphaera quadricuspis Haeckel 1887 | |||
![]() | Spongosphaera rhabdostyla Ehrenberg 1874 | |||
![]() | Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel 1860 = Spongosphaera streptacantha |
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Current identification/main database link: Spongosphaera Ehrenberg 1847
Original Description
Testae subglobosae, nucleus radiatus. Radii duo spinescentes producti a centro
inde oppositi. Testae ext. cell. in serie multiplici spongiosae.
Translation: Tests subglobose, nucleus radiate. Two opposite spiny radii produced from the center. External cells of the test spongy, in multiple series. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek spongosphaera = spongy sphere"
Extra details from original publication
Sub-genera described:
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1847). Uber die mikroskopischen kieselschaligen Polycystinen als machtige Gebirgsmasse von Barbados und uber das Verhaltniss der aus mehr als 300 neuen Arten bestehenden ganz eigenthumlichen Formengruppe jener Felsmasse zu den jetzt lebenden Tieren und zur. Bericht uber die zu Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1847: 41-60. gsReferences:
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Spongosphaera compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 7-3-2021
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