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Current identification/main database link: Spongotrochus glacialis Popofsky 1908
Original Description
[Shell lenticular, biconvex, circular, without any equatorial girdle and spongious arms, but with many spines not only located on the border. Shell constituted by a fine spongious meshwork, without any porous plate; darker in its middle, it is clearer towards the border. Inner and external mesh work similar. The border and also the arched side of the skeleton bear spines of different size. Thirty to twenty, or more, strong spines, as long, or longer, than the shell diameter, irregularly distributed. Between these long spines, numerous smaller spines, only a quarter as long as the long ones. Disc with no annular or sinuous border. Shell border irregular, with thorns at the external ends of the thin skeleton beams. (In German. Translation by J.P.C.)]
Disc diameter 200-240µm. Length of large spines, up to 220µm, of small spines 60µm. Width of larger spines, up to 10µm.
Extra details from original publication
[This new species differs from the close, already published Spongotrochus brevispinus and S. multispinus, in having two different kind of spines, small and large, when these species have the same sort of spines, that are also considerably shorter than the spines of the new species. It differs from Spongotrochus longispinus by the irregular distribution of many variable spines. The juvenile specimens differ by the lengths of the different sorts of spines that are not so marked as in adult forms, and also they appear (pl.27, fig.1) as part of a structure including thorns and three-sided wings. Fig. 2 of plate 28 presents a side view of the border of a typical specimen of the new species. It appears that the spines are distributed all over the shell, which is not always easy to distinguish on dark and opaque shells. A view of the flat side of the shell shows (pl.26, fig.8) that the number of the small spines is rather diminished. It is possible, as it appears with its irregular border, that the species can reach a considerable dimension. With the preceding forms, this species is among the most frequent radiolarians in Antarctic waters.]
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