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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> B -> Botryopyle -> Botryopyle dictyocephalus
Other pages this level: B. cristata, B. dictyocephalus, B. dionisi, B. erinaceus, B. hexapora, B. inclusa, B. sethocorys, B. setosa, B. stenostoma

Botryopyle dictyocephalus

Citation: Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1113
Type specimens: pl.96, fig.6
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from these stations appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM25; LM28; LM30; LM31
Type repository: No information given

Current identification/main database link: Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel 1887


Original Description

Cephalis multilobate, separated by an oblique constriction from the subcylindrical thorax which is somewhat larger and slightly curved. Occipital lobe conical, of the same length as the posterior part of the triangular frontal half of the shell, which is divided into five to seven lobes, two or three odd lobes in the median part, and one or two pairs of lateral lobes; very variable in size and form of the lobes. Mouth of the thorax wide, truncate.

Size:
Length of the shell 120µm, breadth 70µm.

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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