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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Styptosphaera stupacea Haeckel 1887

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

Styptosphaera stupacea

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

Current identification:


Original Description

Spongy framework of the solid sphere rather compact, everywhere of the same structure, with roundish, nearly equal meshes, six to eight times as broad as the bars. Surface rough with prominent thorns.

Diameter of the sphere 0.22, meshes 0.01 to 0.012, bars 0.0015. [dimensions in mm]

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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