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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stauralastrum rhopalophorum Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Stauralastrum -> Stauralastrum rhopalophorum
Other pages this level: S. antiquum, S. clavigerum, S. cruciforme, S. dilatatum, S. horridum, S. lanceolatum, S. ordo, S. rhopalophorum, S. staurolonche, S. trispinosum

Stauralastrum rhopalophorum

Citation: Stauralastrum rhopalophorum Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.541
Type specimens: pl.45, fig.1
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM17
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Arms cylindrical, eight times as long as broad at their base, at their distal end club-shaped, three times as broad as at their base; their distal breadth twice as large as the diameter of the central disk, which exhibits two to three rings. Surface thorny, with larger spines towards the end, and one radial, very strong, angular terminal spine. Edges of the arms parallel.

Size:
Radius of each arm (without terminal spine) 0.32, basal breadth 0.03, terminal breadth 0.1.

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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