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

Botryocampe inflata, Haeckel, 1862, Monogr. d. Radiol., p. 345.

Lithobotrys inflata, Bailey, 1856, Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, vol. xxii. p. 1, pl. i. fig. 15.

Cephalis trilobate, inflated, of about the same breadth and length as the tun-shaped thorax and the hemispherical abdomen. Frontal lobes of the cephalis ovate, a little smaller than the ovate odd occipital lobe. Pores numerous and small.

Dimensions.—Length of the shell 0.05 to 0.08, breadth 0.02 to 0.04.

Habitat.—Cosmopolitan; Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, Stations 267 to 274, 241, 354, &c., surface, and in various depths.

2. Botryocampe theocapsa, n. sp.

Cephalis trilobate, half as long as the campanulate thorax, and one-third as long as the ovate abdomen. Frontal lobes subspherical, scarcely half as long as the helmet-shaped occipital lobe. Pores very small and scarce.

Dimensions.—Length of the shell 0.12, breadth 0.04.

Habitat.—South Atlantic, Station 335, depth 1425 fathoms.

3. Botryocampe galea, Haeckel.