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

1. Amphymenium pupula, n. sp. (Pl. [44], fig. 8).

Both arms equal, twice as long as broad, three-jointed; the terminal joint egg-shaped, as large as both other joints together; distal end rounded, blunt. Patagium nearly complete, enveloping the arms with exception of the distal end. Perimeter nearly spindle-shaped.

Dimensions.—Radius of each arm 0.17, greatest breadth 0.06; transverse breadth of the patagium 0.13.

Habitat.—Pacific, central area, Station 273, depth 2350 fathoms.

2. Amphymenium naviculare, Haeckel.

? Ommatogramma navicularis, Ehrenberg, 1872, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 317; Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, Taf. vi. fig. 7.

Both arms equal, three times as long as broad, spongy, not jointed; distal end a little club-shaped, blunt. Patagium nearly complete, enveloping the arms with exception of the distal end. Perimeter nearly lanceolate. The imperfect diagnosis and figure of Ehrenberg make it doubtful whether this species belongs to the Porodiscida (Amphymenium) or to the Spongodiscida (Spongobrachium) or perhaps to the Spongurida (Spongocore).

Dimensions.—Radius of each arm 0.1, greatest breadth 0.03; transverse breadth of the patagium 0.05.

Habitat.—North Pacific, Californian Sea, depth 2600 fathoms, Ehrenberg.

3. Amphymenium zygartus, n. sp. (Pl. [44], fig. 7).