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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Spongoxiphus sphaerococcus Haeckel 1887

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Spongoxiphus sphaerococcus

Citation: Spongoxiphus sphaerococcus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.353
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Actinommidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Cortical shell one and a half times as long as broad, with thorny surface. Spongy framework compact, with small meshes, its thickness equal to the radius of the outer medullary shell. Both medullary shells spherical, the outer three times as broad as the inner. Polar spines very stout, conical, slightly sulcated, about half as long as the cortical shell, as broad at the base as the outer medullary shell. (Differs from Spongatractus pachystylus almost only in the double medullary shell.)

Length of the cortical shell 0.18, breadth 0.12; thickness of the spongy wall 0.025; diameter of the outer medullary shell 0.05, of the inner 0.016. [dimensions in mm]

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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