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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Styptosphaera spongiacea Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> S -> Styptosphaera -> Styptosphaera spongiacea
Other pages this level: S. spongiacea, S. spumacea, S. spumescentis, S. stupacea

Styptosphaera spongiacea

Citation: Styptosphaera spongiacea Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.87
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Actinommidae
Family (modern): Spongosphaeridae

Current identification/main database link: Styptosphaera spongiacea Haeckel 1887


Original Description

Spongy framework in the central part of the solid sphere much more compact than in the peripheral part, becoming gradually looser towards the rough surface. Meshes in the centre three to five times, in the periphery fifteen to twenty times as broad as the bent bars.

Diameter of the sphere 0.45, inner meshes 0.006 to 0.01, outer meshes 0.03 to 0.04, bars 0.002. [dimensions in mm]

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

Takahashi, K. (1991). Radiolaria: Flux, ecology, and Taxonomy in the Pacific and Atlantic. Ocean Biocoenosis Series. 3: 1-301. gs


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