CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Lithomelissa buetschlii Haeckel 1887
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Citation: Lithomelissa buetschlii Haeckel 1887Taxonomic rank: speciesDescribed on page(s) : p.1207Type specimens: pl.56, fig.1Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]; and early Miocene, Cenozoic, RecentType locality: LM19; LM20; LM21; LM22; LM121; LM25; LM28; LM30; LM31Type repository: No information given
Original Description Shell smooth, with slight collar stricture. Relative length of the two joints = 5: 6, breadth = 4: 5. Cephalis ovate, large, with two small conical horns, which are opposed nearly horizontally, in the upper part of the cephalis; an anterior frontal and a posterior occipital horn. Thorax ovate, truncate, little larger. Pores of both joints irregular, roundish, of very different sizes. From the middle part of the thorax there arise three short conical divergent feet. (In the figured specimen there were some accessory thorns; in another specimen, found afterwards, the surface was quite smooth, but the two horns and the three feet much larger, half as long as the cephalis.) Size: Cephalis 50µm long, 40µm broad; 60µm long, 50µm broad. Editors' Notes Haeckel listed Lithomelissa bütschlii under the subgeneric name Micromelissa, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name. This species is assigned to Micromelissa (the junior homonym) Haeckel, 1887a (non Haeckel, 1881a) and the Sethomelissa (the junior homonym) Haeckel, 1887a (non Haeckel, 1881a). Stratigraphic information for LM21 from Riedel (1959), p.287.[comment from RadWorld database]
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
Lithomelissa buetschlii compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project teamviewed: 15-8-2026
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