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
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 265, depth 2900 fathoms.
2. _Gamospyris annulus_, n. sp.
Shell nut-shaped, tuberculate, with subregular circular pores. Basal plate
with four large central and a circle of eight to twelve small peripheral
pores. Apical horn conical, twice as long as the shell. The connected arms
form together an elliptical smooth ring, which is five times as long and
three times as broad as the shell.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.07 long, 0.09 broad; ring 0.33 long, 0.26 broad.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 268, depth 2900 fathoms.
Genus 450. _Stephanospyris_,[68] Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 441.
_Definition._--#Zygospyrida# with two lateral feet bearing a series of
secondary spines and forming a ring by union.
The genus _Stephanospyris_ exhibits the same peculiar armature of the
semipinnate lateral feet as its ancestral genus _Dorcadospyris_, but
differs from it in the concrescence of the distal ends of the feet, to form
a complete foot-ring. The former therefore bears to the latter the same
relation that _Gamospyris_ does to _Dipospyris_.
1. _Stephanospyris cordata_, n. sp. (Pl. 85, fig. 10).
Shell subspherical, tuberculate, with small regular circular pores. Basal
plate with four larger pores. Apical horn cylindrical, three times as long
as the shell, with three to four verticils {1043}of teeth. The connected
feet form a heart-shaped ring, four times as long and three times as broad
as the shell. Each foot bears on the outer convex edge four to six stout
conical teeth, shorter than the shell. Distal ends crossed and prominent.
_Dimensions._--Shell diameter 0.1; length of the arm-ring 0.4, breadth 0.3.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 265, depth 2900 fathoms.
2. _Stephanospyris verticillata_, n. sp. (Pl. 85, fig. 11).
Shell nut-shaped, tuberculate, with subregular circular pores. Basal plate
with numerous small pores. Apical horn cylindrical, four to six times as
long as the shell, with six to ten verticils of teeth. The connected feet
form a circular ring, the diameter of which is four times as great as that
of the shell. Each foot bears ten to twelve conical teeth, about as long as
the shell. Distal ends not crossed and not prominent.
_Dimensions._--Diameter of the shell 0.1, of the arm-ring 0.4.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 266, depth 2750 fathoms.
3. _Stephanospyris excellens_, n. sp. (Pl. 83, fig. 20).
Shell subspherical, tuberculate, with regular circular pores. Basal plate
with numerous small pores. Apical horn cylindrical, twice as long as the
shell, with eight verticils of teeth. The connected feet form an ovate
ring, which is three times as long and two and a half times as broad as the
shell. Each foot bears eight conical spinulate teeth, about as long as the
shell. The crossed and prominent distal ends bear two parallel vertical
teeth.
_Dimensions._--Diameter of the shell 0.1, of the arm-ring 0.2 to 0.3.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 268, depth 2900 fathoms.
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