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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Spongostylus serratus Haeckel 1887

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Spongostylus serratus

Citation: Spongostylus serratus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.150
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM260
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Spongy cortical shell with lax framework, ten to twelve times as broad as the enclosed medullary shell, the pores of which are irregular, roundish, once and a half to twice as broad as the bars Two polar spines longer than the shell diameter (broken off in the observed specimen), three-sided prismatical, with three straight serrated edges.

Size:
Diameter of the cortical shell 0.5, medullary shell 0.04; length of the spines 0 6 or more.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)

References:

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 years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O


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