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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stylartus bicuspis Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Stylartus -> Stylartus bicuspis
Other pages this level: S. bicuspis, S. bipolaris, S. palatus, S. penicillus

Stylartus bicuspis

Citation: Stylartus bicuspis Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.357
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM19
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell thin walled, smooth, with regular, circular pores, twice as broad as the bars; twelve to fourteen on the half equator of each chamber. Polar spines very stout, straight, three-sided pyramidal, half as long as the shell.

Size:
Length of the shell 0.16, greatest breadth 0.12; length of the polar spines 0.08, basal thickness 0.025.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)
Haeckel listed Stylartus bicuspis under the subgeneric name Stylartella, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[comment from RadWorld database]

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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