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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Spongosphaera Ehrenberg 1847

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Spongosphaera helioides Haeckel 1862
= Spongosphaera helioides
Spongosphaera pachystyla Ehrenberg 1873
= Spongatractus pachystylus
Spongosphaera polyacantha Müller 1857

not figuredSpongosphaera quadricuspis Haeckel 1887

Spongosphaera rhabdostyla Ehrenberg 1874
= Spongodiscus rhabdostylus
Spongosphaera streptacantha Haeckel 1860
= Spongosphaera streptacantha

Spongosphaera

Citation: Spongosphaera Ehrenberg 1847
Taxonomic rank: genus
Type species: Spongosphaera polyacantha Müller 1857 [only one valid species]
Described on page(s) : 54
Family (traditional): Spongodiscidae

Current identification/main database link: Spongosphaera Ehrenberg 1847


Original Description

Testae subglobosae, nucleus radiatus. Radii duo spinescentes producti a centro

inde oppositi. Testae ext. cell. in serie multiplici spongiosae.


Translation:
Tests subglobose, nucleus radiate. Two opposite spiny radii produced from the center. External cells of the test spongy, in multiple series. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]

Etymology:
From the Greek spongosphaera = spongy sphere"

Extra details from original publication

Sub-genera described:

References:

Ehrenberg, C. G. (1847). Uber die mikroskopischen kieselschaligen Polycystinen als machtige Gebirgsmasse von Barbados und uber das Verhaltniss der aus mehr als 300 neuen Arten bestehenden ganz eigenthumlichen Formengruppe jener Felsmasse zu den jetzt lebenden Tieren und zur. Bericht uber die zu Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1847: 41-60. gs

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Spongosphaera compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 26-1-2025

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