Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index: Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIIIHaeckel, Ernst
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Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index: Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII
Haeckel, Ernst
Radiolaria
Shell nut-shaped, thorny, with subregular circular pores. Basal plate with
four pores. Apical horn and the two divergent feet straight, cylindrical,
larger than the shell, forked at the distal end. {1039}(The size and number
of the fork-branches is variable; the horn is sometimes simple. In some
specimens a rudimentary remnant of the lost caudal foot is visible.)
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.08 long, 0.09 broad; horn and feet 0.1 to 0.12 long.
_Habitat._--Fossil in Barbados.
2. _Dendrospyris dirrhiza_, Haeckel.
_Ceratospyris dirrhiza_, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 66, Taf. xx. fig. 9.
Shell nut-shaped, spiny, very similar to the preceding species. It differs
from that mainly in the growth of the cylindrical feet, which are not
straight and divergent, but more or less curved and convergent; their
distal ends are sometimes simply forked, sometimes repeatedly dichotomous.
The size and form of the apical horn are also very variable.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.06 long, 0.08 broad; horn and feet 0.07 to 0.09
long.
_Habitat._--Fossil in Barbados.
3. _Dendrospyris bibrachiata_, Haeckel.
_Cladospyris bibrachiata_, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 68, Taf. xxi. fig. 7.
Shell nut-shaped, smooth, with sharp stricture and numerous very small
circular pores. Apical horn and the two feet very large and stout,
straight, prismatic, with irregular lateral branches on their edges, twice
to four times as long as the shell (The horn in the Ehrenberg's figure is
broken off.) This species is closely allied to _Tripospyris tribrachiata_.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.05 long, 0.06 broad; horn and feet 0.1 to 0.2 long.
_Habitat._--Fossil in Barbados.
4. _Dendrospyris furcata_, n. sp.
Shell subspherical, tuberculate, with irregularly roundish pores. Basal
plate with two large pores. Apical horn simple, conical, as long as the
shell. Feet cylindrical, twice as long, in the proximal half parallel,
vertical, in the distal half with two stout divergent equal fork-branches,
one of which is directed dorsally, the other ventrally.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.07 long, 0.08 broad; horn 0.06 long, feet 0.1 to
0.15 long.
_Habitat._--Tropical Atlantic, Station 338, depth 1990 fathoms.
5. _Dendrospyris polyrrhiza_, n. sp. (Pl. 85, fig. 8).
Shell subspherical, rough, with subregular circular pores. Basal plate with
three pores (?). Apical horn simple, conical, half as long as the shell.
Feet cylindrical twice to three times as long as the shell, semicircular,
with a strong conical tooth in the middle of their outer convex edge; their
distal ends convergent, divided into a bunch of numerous short irregular
branches.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.7 long, 0.08 broad; horn 0.03 long, feet 0.15 to
0.25 long.
_Habitat._--South Atlantic, Station 332, depth 2200 fathoms.
{1040}6. _Dendrospyris ramosa_, n. sp.
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