Acanthosphæra zonaster, Ehrenberg, 1872, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 285, Taf. ii. fig. 2.
Radial proportion of the four spheres = 2 : 3 : 4 : 5. Outer cortical shell thick walled, densely covered with numerous bristle-shaped radial spines, as long as the radius. Pores regular, circular, twice as broad as the bars; eight to ten on the radius. The thick outer shell is so dark, that the outlines only of the other three shells can be seen.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the four shells—(A) 0.15, (B) 0.12, (C) 0.09, (D) 0.06; pores of the outer shell 0.01, bars 0.005; length of the spines 0.08.
Habitat.—Arctic Ocean, Greenland (depth 1000 fathoms), "Alert" Expedition.
3. Cromyomma perplexum, Stöhr.
Cromyomma perplexum, Stöhr, 1880, Palæontogr., vol. xxvi. p. 95, Taf. iii. fig. 5.
Radial proportion of the four spheres = 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. Outer cortical shell thick walled, densely covered with short conical spines, as long as the diameter of the pores. These are regular, circular, three times as broad as the bars; six to eight on the radius. The thick outer shell is so dark, that the outlines only of the three other shells can be seen.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the four shells—(A) 0.17, (B) 0.13, (C) 0.087, (D) 0.043; pores of the outer shell 0.015, bars 0.005; length of the spines 0.02.
Habitat.—Fossil in the Tertiary rocks of Sicily (Grotte) Stöhr.