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

4. Staurosphæra pauli, n. sp.

Shell very thick walled, smooth, with regular, circular, double-edged pores, four times as broad as the bars; eight to ten on the quadrant. Four spines conical, as long as the radius, as broad as one mesh.

Dimensions.—Diameter of the shell 0.15, pores 0.016, bars 0.004.

Habitat.—Central Pacific, Station 265, depth 2900 fathoms.

5. Staurosphæra petri, n. sp.

Shell thin walled, smooth, with regular, circular pores, three times as broad as the bars; twenty to twenty-two on the quadrant. Four spines conical, half as long as the radius, as broad as one mesh.

Dimensions.—Diameter of the shell 0.22, pores 0.006, bars 0.002.

Habitat.—South Atlantic, Station 325, depth 2650 fathoms; also fossil in Barbados.

6. Staurosphæra jacobi, n. sp.

Shell thick walled, smooth, with regular, circular pores, twice as broad as the bars; eleven to twelve on the quadrant. Four spines cylindrical, three times as long as the radius, three times as broad as one mesh.