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4b. Tribus: Spongotrochida. Spongodiscida aculeata (sed non brachiata) cum aculeis marginalibus in plano disci sitis.
C. aculeis quatuor ad crucis form. disp.
Translation: 4b. Tribe: Spongotrochida. Spined Spongodiscida (but not armed) with marginal spines situated in the plane of the disk.
C. With four spines arranged in the form of a cross. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: From the Greek spongostaurus = spongy disk with crossed spines"
Haeckel, E. (1882). Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien [Basis for a radiolarian classification from the study of Radiolaria of the Challenger collection]. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 15: 418-472. gsReferences:
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