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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Xiphosphaera gaea Haeckel 1887

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Higher levels: rads_cat -> X -> Xiphosphaera -> Xiphosphaera gaea
Other pages this level: X. apenninica, X. apenninica longistylus, X. astraea, X. ceres, X. clarki, X. clavigera, X. euphrosyne, X. flora, X. gaea, X. gigantea, X. hebe, X. irinae, X. juno, X. longa, X. luna, X. maxima, X. micra, X. mutinensis, X. pallas, X. planeta, X. tesseractis, X. venus, X. vesta

Xiphosphaera gaea

Citation: Xiphosphaera gaea Haeckel 1887
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.123
Type specimens: pl.14, fig.5
Type age (chronostrat): [presumably Quaternary though some forms reported from this station appear to be Tertiary]
Type locality: LM31
Type repository: No information given

Current identification/main database link: Xiphosphaera gaea Haeckel 1887


Original Description

Pores regular, circular, with prominent hexagonal crests between them. On the half equator ten to twelve pores, of the same breadth as the crested bars. Shell thin walled; surface smooth. Polar spines three-sided prismatic, about twice as long as the axis of the sphere, twice as broad at the base as one pore.

Size:
Diameter of the sphere 0.07 to 0.09, pores and bars 0.005; length of the polar spines 0.15 to 0.2, basal thickness 0.01.

Editors' Notes
Haeckel listed Xiphosphaera gaea under the subgeneric name Xiphosphaerantha, but did not include the subgeneric name in the species name.[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. gs O


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