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 slender, conical, with straight outlines. Pores subregular, rhombic
or nearly square, disposed in oblique series, separated by parallel
obliquely ascending rings, which are crossed by interrupted parallel bars.
Horn slenderly conical or bristle-shaped, thin and long.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.08 to 0.12 long, 0.03 to 0.04 broad.
_Habitat._--Fossil in Barbados.
Subgenus 2. _Cornutissa_, Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 427.
_Definition._--Axis of the conical shell straight. Pores circular or
roundish, without polygonal frames.
5. _Cornutella circularis_, Ehrenberg.
_Cornutella circularis_, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 68, Taf. ii. fig. 4.
Shell wide, conical or funnel-shaped, with straight outlines. Pores very
large, circular, ten to twenty times as broad as the bars, in about nine to
twelve longitudinal alternating rows, increasing gradually towards the
mouth. Horn very large, cylindrical.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.1 to 0.15 long, 0.08 to 0.12 broad.
_Habitat._--Fossil in Barbados.
6. _Cornutella mitra_, Ehrenberg.
_Cornutella mitra_, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 68, Taf. ii. fig. 8.
Shell wide, conical, campanulate, with convex outlines. Pores subregular,
circular, nearly equal in size, not regularly disposed in rows. Horn
conical, stout.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.12 to 0.16 long, 0.08 to 0.12 broad.
_Habitat._--Central Pacific, Station 268, depth 2900 fathoms; also fossil
in Barbados.
{1182}7. _Cornutella clathrata_, Ehrenberg.
_Cornutella clathrata_, Ehrenberg, 1838, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad.
d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 129; Mikrogeol., Taf. xxii. fig. 39.
_Cornutella clathrata_, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, Taf. ii. fig. 9.
Shell wide, conical with slightly convex outlines. Pores regular, circular,
gradually increasing in size towards the mouth, disposed in twelve to
fifteen longitudinal alternating rows. Horn short and stout, conical.
(Compare _Cornutella curvata_.)
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.15 to 0.2 long, 0.06 to 0.09 broad.
_Habitat._--Cosmopolitan; Atlantic, Indian, Pacific; also fossil in
tertiary rocks of Barbados, Nikobar and Sicily.
8. _Cornutella stylophæna_, Ehrenberg.
_Cornutella stylophæna_, Ehrenberg, 1872, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 287, Taf. vi. III. fig. 1.
? _Cornutella tumens_, Ehrenberg, 1872, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 287, Taf. vi. III. fig. 4.
Shell slender, conical, with undulate outlines. Pores subregular, circular,
gradually increasing in size, disposed in six to nine quincuncial
alternating longitudinal rows. Horn very long, cylindro-conical, sometimes
about as long as the shell.
_Dimensions._--Shell 0.1 to 0.13 long, 0.04 to 0.06 broad.
_Habitat._--North Pacific, Californian Sea, depth 2600 fathoms.
9. _Cornutella granulata_, Ehrenberg.
_Cornutella granulata_, Ehrenberg, 1872, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss.
Berlin, p. 287, Taf. vi. III. fig. 5.
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