WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Spongoplegma antarcticum Haeckel, 1887) Haeckel, E. (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 18 (part 40): i-clxxxviii <small>[188]</small>, 1-1803, pl. 1-140., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-40/README.htm [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Nigrini, C.; Moore, T.C. (1979). A guide to modern Radiolaria. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal research speciespublication No. 16., available online at http://gdcmp1.ucsd.edu/geol_coll/radlit/nm79titl.html [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
description Cortical shell with loose spongy framework and rough surface, four to six times as broad as the enclosed simple medullary shell. Pores of the latter regular circular, twice as broad as the bars. From its surface arise numerous (forty to fifty or more) short radial beams which become forked and compose, by communication of lateral branches, the spongy cortical shell.
Dimensions.--Diameter of the spongy cortical shell 0.2 to 0.3, of the latticed medullary shell 0.05 to 0.06
Haeckel 1887 [details]
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