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
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.12 long, 0.09 broad; feet 0.06 long.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 266, depth 2750 fathoms.
Genus 498. _Tripterocalpis_,[115] Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 428.
_Definition._--#Archipilida# (vel Monocyrtida triradiata aperta) with three
lateral wings and a peristomial corona of numerous terminal feet. Shell
ovate, with constricted mouth, without apical horn.
{1138}The genus _Tripterocalpis_ is distinguished from the other
Archipilida by the remarkable combination of three lateral wings and of
numerous (six to nine or more) terminal feet. It may be derived directly
from the preceding _Tripocalpis_ by multiplication of the terminal feet.
These are sometimes obliquely directed. The central capsule is ellipsoidal
or ovate, and fills up the greater part of the shell.
1. _Tripterocalpis phylloptera_, n. sp. (Pl. 51, fig. 1).
Shell slender, ovate, nearly twice as long as broad. Pores circular, of
different sizes and at unequal distances. Along the lower half of the shell
there arise three broad triangular lamellar wings. Peristome with twelve
conical, nearly parallel and vertical feet, about one-sixth as long as the
shell.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.2 long, 0.12 broad; wings 0.1 long, feet 0.03 long.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 271, depth 2425 fathoms.
2. _Tripterocalpis conoptera_, n. sp. (Pl. 51, fig. 2).
Shell ovate, nearly as broad as long. Pores regular, circular, quincuncial,
twice as broad as the bars. In the middle of the shell there arise three
conical, smooth, divergent wings, about half as long as the shell.
Peristome with six short triangular, oblique, convergent feet.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.16 long, 0.14 broad; wings 0.09 long; feet 0.02
long.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 272, depth 2600 fathoms.
3. _Tripterocalpis ogmoptera_, n. sp. (Pl. 51, figs. 3-5).
Shell ovate, nearly as broad as long. Pores small and numerous, circular or
roundish, partly confluent, double-contoured (fig. 4). In the middle of the
shell there arise three very large conical divergent wings, which are
longitudinally striped and longer than half the shell. Peristome with nine
short triangular, oblique, convergent feet.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.18 long, 0.16 broad; wings 0.12 long, feet 0.02
long.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 271, depth 2425 fathoms.
Genus 499. _Trissopilium_,[116] Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 427.
_Definition._--#Archipilida# (vel Monocyrtida triradiata aperta) with three
lateral ribs or wings. Mouth smooth, without terminal feet. Apex with a
horn.
The genus _Trissopilium_ and the following nearly allied _Archipilium_
differ from the other Archipilida in the absence of terminal feet, the
peristome being quite simple, and truncate. But there are three lateral
wings, arising either from the apex or from the lateral sides of the
monothalamous shell. _Trissopilium_ may perhaps be derived from
_Lithomelissa_ by reduction of the cephalis.
{1139}1. _Trissopilium tetraplecta_, n. sp.
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