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

Staurodoras liassica, Dunikowski, 1882, Denkschr. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Wien, Bd. xlv. p. 28, Taf. v. fig. 57.

Four crossed spines, shorter than the diameter of the spongy sphere, conical or pyramidal (?).

Dimensions.—Diameter of the sphere 0.19; length of the spine 0.13, basal breadth 0.045.

Habitat.—Fossil in the Alpine Lias (Schafberg near Salzburg).

4. Staurodoras wandae, Dunikowski.

Staurodoras wandae, Dunikowski, 1882, Denkschr. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Wien, Bd. xlv. p. 28, Taf. v. fig. 58.

Four crossed spines shorter than the radius of the spongy sphere, conical. (May be the young form of the preceding species.)

Dimensions.—Diameter of the sphere 0.14; length of the spines 0.06, basal breadth 0.05.

Habitat.—Fossil in the Alpine Lias (Schafberg near Salzburg).

Family IX. Cubosphærida, Haeckel (Pls. [21]-[25]).