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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stylostaurus caudatus Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Stylostaurus -> Stylostaurus caudatus
Other pages this level: S. carolynae, S. caudatus, S. gladiatus, S. paleocenica

Stylostaurus caudatus

Citation: Stylostaurus caudatus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.157
Type specimens: pl.13, fig.7
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 thick walled, smooth, with regular, circular, hexagonally framed pores, twice as broad as the bars; five to six on the quadrant. Spines three-sided pyramidal, as broad at the base as one mesh; one of the spines longer than the shell diameter, the opposite spine nearly as long as the shell radius; both lateral spines scarcely one-third as long.

Size:
Diameter of the shell 0.1, pores 0.01, bars 0.005; length of the major spine 0.14, of the opposite 0.04, of both lateral spines 0.012.

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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Stylostaurus caudatus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 8-7-2025

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