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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Staurotholonium octodoronium Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Staurotholonium -> Staurotholonium octodoronium
Other pages this level: S. alternatum, S. bicruciatum, S. biquadratum, S. lenticulare, S. octodoratium, S. octodoronium

Staurotholonium octodoronium

Citation: Staurotholonium octodoronium Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.676
Type specimens: pl.10, fig.11
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Tholoniidae
Family (modern): Tholoniidae

Current identification:


Original Description

Outer cortical shell of the same form as the inner, both little distant; network of the outer irregular and delicate. Pores of the inner regular, circular, twice as broad as the bars; seven to nine in the basal semicircle of one cupola. Both lateral domes larger than the principal. Eight long and thin, cylindrical radial spines opposite in pairs in two crossed diagonal planes.

Major axis of the outer cortical shell 0.2, minor 0.18; major axis of the inner cortical shell 0.16, minor 0.14; pores 0.008, bars 0.004. [dimensions in mm]

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Staurotholonium octodoronium the subgeneric name Staurotholoma, 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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