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

Dimensions.—Radius of each arm 0.25, basal breadth 0.04, distal breadth 0.12.

Habitat.—Pacific, central area, Station 273, surface.

Subgenus 2. Dictyastromma, Haeckel.

Definition.—Arms on the distal end provided with terminal spines.

5. Dictyastrum trispinosum, n. sp. (Pl. [43], fig. 5).

Rhopalastrum trispinosum, Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus et Atlas (pl. xliii. fig. 5).

Arms trapezoid, at the rounded distal end twice as broad as at the base, with a strong and short, conical, terminal spine. Diameter of the circular central disk about equal to the length and the greatest breadth of the arms.

Dimensions.—Radius of each arm 0.15, basal breadth 0.06, distal breadth 0.11.

Habitat.—Equatorial Atlantic, Station 347, surface.

6. Dictyastrum triactis, Ehrenberg.