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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stauralastrum staurolonche Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Stauralastrum -> Stauralastrum staurolonche
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 staurolonche

Citation: Stauralastrum staurolonche Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.542
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Litheliidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Arms four times as long as broad at their base, gradually increasing towards their truncated end, which is one and a half times as broad as their base; their distal breadth equals the radius of the central disk, which exhibits four to five rings. At the end of each arm is a very strong conical terminal spine. Edges of the arms rectilinear, divergent.
Dimensions.¾Radius of each arm 0.25, basal breadth 0.045, distal breadth 0.07. [dimensions in mm]

Extra details from original publication
Distinguishing characters: Resembles Histiastrum quaternarium, Ehrenberg, 1873a, pl.24. fig.3, but has no patagium.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Stauralastrum staurolonche under the subgeneric name Stauralastromma, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.

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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