CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Cyrtophormis corona Haeckel 1887
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Original Description Shell smooth, conical, ovate, with three deep strictures, about twice as long as broad. The fourth joint is the broadest, inflated, and three times as long as the second and the third joints. Pores small and numerous, circular, in regular, transverse rows; two in the first joint, four in the second and third, and ten in the fourth joint. Cephalis hemispherical, with a stout, pyramidal horn. Peristome two-thirds as broad as the fourth joint, with twelve to fifteen triangular, convergent teeth.
Length of the shell (with four joints) 160µm, breadth 80µm. Length of the single joints, a 10, b 30, c 30, d 90µm. Editors' Notes Haeckel listed Cyrtophormis corona under the subgeneric name Acanthocyrtis, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name. This species is assigned to Acanthocyrtis (the junior homonym) Haeckel, 1887a (non Haeckel, 1881a).]
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. gsO
Cyrtophormis corona compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 16-10-2024