Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) / Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII

by Ernst Haeckel

2. Tholostaurus cruciformis, n. sp.

Two opposite cupolas larger than the two others. Surface rough, without radial spines. Pores regular, circular, hexagonally framed, twice as broad as the bars; twelve to fourteen in the basal semicircle of one cupola.

Dimensions.—Major axis of the shell 0.16, minor axis 0.12; pores 0.006, bars 0.003.

Habitat.—Pacific, central area, Station 265, depth 2900 fathoms.

Subgenus 2. Tholostauroma, Haeckel.

Definition.—Surface of the shell with radial spines or thorns.

3. Tholostaurus tetrabelonis, n. sp.

All four cupolas nearly of the same size and form, subregular. Pores regular, circular, hexagonally framed, twice as broad as the bars; twelve to fourteen in the semicircle of one cupola. Four long and stout conical radial spines, two vertical on the poles of the principal axis, two horizontal on the poles of the transverse axis.

Dimensions.—Major axis of the shell 0.15, minor 0.13; pores 0.006, bars 0.003.

Habitat.—South Pacific, Station 288, surface.