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

Lithomelissa macroptera, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 78, Taf. iii. figs. 9, 10.

Shell smooth, with distinct collar stricture. Relative length of the two joints = 4 : 5, breadth = 3 : 4. Cephalis ovate, with a stout, excentric, vertical, pyramidal horn of the same length. Thorax little larger, ovate, truncate. Both joints with very small and scattered pores. Three divergent ribs arise from the base of the cephalic horn, and are prolonged over the major part of the thorax; their under free part arises from the middle part of the thorax and is as long as the horn, straight, pyramidal. Mouth truncate, little constricted.

Dimensions.—Cephalis 0.04 long, 0.03 broad; thorax 0.05 long, 0.04 broad.

Habitat.—Fossil in Barbados.

2. Lithomelissa ehrenbergii, Bütschli.

Lithomelissa ehrenbergii, Bütschli, 1882, Zeitschr. f. wiss. Zool., vol. xxxvi. p. 517, Taf. xxxiii. fig. 21a, b.

Lithomelissa macroptera, var., Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 78, Taf. iii. fig. 8.

(?) Lophophæna capito, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 78, Taf. viii. fig. 6.

(?) Lophophæna galeata, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 78, Taf. viii. fig. 12.

Shell rough, with distinct collar stricture. Relative length of the two joints = 4 : 2, breadth = 3 : 4. Cephalis ovate, with a stout excentric, oblique, pyramidal horn of half the length. Thorax little shorter, truncate, conical. Both joints with regular circular pores, of the same breadth as the bars. Three divergent conical feet, as long as the cephalis, arise below the collar stricture. Mouth truncate, not constricted.