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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Calocyclas virginis Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> C -> Calocyclas -> Calocyclas virginis
Other pages this level: << < C. minervae, C. monumentum, C. motoyamai, C. nakasekoi, C. ovata, C. parthenia, C. pudica, C. rachiphora, C. sacerdotis, C. semipolita robusta, C. semipolita semipolita, C. talwanii, C. turris, C. veneris, C. vestalis, C. virginis

Calocyclas virginis

Citation: Calocyclas virginis Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.1381
Type specimens: pl.74, fig.4
Type repository: No information given
Family (traditional): Pterocorythidae
Family (modern): Pterocorythidae

Current identification/main database link: Calocycletta virginis Haeckel 1887


Original Description

Shell smooth, with distinct collar, but indistinct lumbar stricture. Length of the three joints = 1: 2: 1, breadth = 1: 4: 3. Cephalis ovate, with a slender, conical horn, little shorter than the shell. Thorax subspherical. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, little contracted towards the peristome. Pores regular, circular, twice as broad in the thorax as in the abdomen, where they are separated by slight longitudinal ribs. Corona of the peristome composed of sixteen to twenty-four vertical, lamellar feet, which are longer than the abdomen, rectangular, and truncate at the end.

Length of the three joints, a 40, b 80, c 50µm ; breadth, a 30, b 110, c 90µm.

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Calocyclas virginis under the subgeneric name Calocycletta, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species]

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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