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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stypolarcus spongiosus Haeckel 1887

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Stypolarcus spongiosus

Citation: Stypolarcus spongiosus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.614
Type age (chronostrat): Quaternary
Type locality: LM2
Type repository: No information given

Current identification:


Original Description

Lentelliptical shell composed in the whole mass of loose, spongy framework of similar texture, with irregular meshes, about ten to twenty times as broad as the thin bars. Surface rough, without radial spines. Proportion of the three axes = 3: 4: 5.

Size:
Length 0.2, breadth 0.16, height 0.12.

Editors' Notes
There was no illustration of this species in Haeckel (1887)

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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