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 smooth, nearly discoidal circular, markedly compressed in the
sagittal direction, with slight basal stricture. Pores very numerous,
irregular polygonal, with thin bars. Basal plate with four very large
pores. Six feet short, conical, nearly horizontally expanded. Two sagittal
feet (caudal {1052}and sternal) larger, about half as long as the shell
(shortened in the figure). The two sternal feet larger than the two small
or rudimentary tergal feet.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.15 long, 0.13 broad; feet 0.02 to 0.06 long.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 271, depth 2425 fathoms.
Subfamily 5. PENTASPYRIDA, Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 442.
_Definition._--#Zygospyrida# pentapoda, with five descending basal feet,
one odd caudal foot, and two pairs of lateral feet (two anterior or
pectoral, and two posterior or tergal feet).
Genus 456. _Clathrospyris_,[74] Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 442.
_Definition._--#Zygospyrida# with five basal feet and one apical horn.
The genus _Clathrospyris_ and the two following closely allied genera
represent together the small subfamily of Pentaspyrida, differing from the
other Zygospyrida in the possession of five descending feet on the basal
face. Three of these are the primary cortinar feet (of _Cortiniscus_,
_Plagoniscus_, _Tripospyris_, &c.), whilst the two others are secondary
tergal feet. The Pentaspyrida may therefore be probably derived from the
Hexaspyrida by loss of the odd anterior or sternal foot.
1. _Clathrospyris camelopardalis_, n. sp.
Shell nut-shaped, tuberculate, with deep sagittal stricture. Pores
irregular roundish. Basal plate with six pores (?). Two pectoral feet very
large, twice as long as the shell, cylindrical, curved. Two tergal feet
half as long and thick as the pectoral. Caudal foot and apical horn
straight, conical, half as long as the shell.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.07 long, 0.09 broad; horn and odd caudal foot 0.04
long; pectoral feet 0.16, tergal 0.08 long.
_Habitat._--South Pacific, Station 297, depth 1775 fathoms.
2. _Clathrospyris pyramidalis_, n. sp. (Pl. 95, fig. 9).
Shell four-sided pyramidal, truncate, thorny, with a slight sagittal
stricture. Pores very large, polygonal roundish. Two pairs of large pores
on each side of the ring (at the frontal and the occipital plate). Lateral
pores more numerous. Basal plate with four large pores. The four edges of
the pyramid are prolonged into four short pyramidal divergent lateral feet
(one-third as {1053}long as the shell). Caudal foot short. Horn at the apex
of the truncate pyramid with two lateral teeth.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.06 long, 0.08 broad; horn and feet 0.02 long.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 272, depth 2600 fathoms.
3. _Clathrospyris fusiformis_, n. sp.
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