Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index / Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII

by Ernst Haeckel

Dimensions.—Shell 0.05 long, 0.07 broad; feet 0.02 long.

Habitat.—Fossil in Barbados.

4. Gorgospyris polypus, n. sp. (Pl. [87], fig. 3).

Shell hemispherical, papillate, with slight sagittal stricture and subregular circular pores. Basal plate with four larger and four alternating smaller pores. Feet sixteen to twenty, slender, carved, divergent; four primary feet larger, twice to three times as long as the shell and the other feet.

Dimensions.—Shell 0.08 long, 0.1 broad; feet 0.1 to 0.2 long.

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

5. Gorgospyris eurycolpos, n. sp. (Pl. [87], fig. 5).

Shell nut-shaped, rough, with deep sagittal stricture and irregular, roundish pores; two to three pairs of larger annular pores on each side of the stricture. Basal plate with four large collar pores. Feet eight, short, triangular, vertical, about one-fourth as long as the shell.

Dimensions.—Shell 0.08 long, 0.13 broad; feet 0.02 long.

Habits.—Central Pacific, Station 270, depth 2925 fathoms.