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

Habitat.—South Atlantic, Station 332, depth, 2200 fathoms.

Subgenus 3. Staurosphærissa, Haeckel.

Definition.—Pores irregular, of different size or form; surface smooth.

11. Staurosphæra judæ, n. sp.

Shell thin walled, smooth, with irregular, polygonal pores, twice to four times as broad as the bars; six to ten on the quadrant. Four main spines three-sided pyramidal, as long as the radius.

Dimensions.—Diameter of the sphere 0.15, pores 0.006 to 0.012, bars 0.003.

Habitat.—Central Pacific, Station 273, depth, 2350 fathoms.

12. Staurosphæra crassa, Dunikowski.

Staurosphæra crassa, 1882, Denkschr. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Wien, Bd. xlv. p. 27, Taf. v. figs. 52-55.

Shell thick walled, smooth, with irregular, roundish pores, scarcely broader than the bars; eight to ten on the quadrant. Four spines three-sided pyramidal, nearly as long as the shell diameter.