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

Habitat.—South Pacific, Station 300, depth 1375 fathoms.

Subgenus 2. Carpocanidium, Haeckel.

Definition.—Peristome-corona composed of nine feet (three primary perradial and six secondary interradial).

5. Carpocanium diadema, Haeckel.

Carpocanium diadema, Haeckel, 1862, Monogr. d. Radiol., p. 290, Taf. v. fig. 1.

Carpocanium diadema, R. Hertwig, 1879, Organism. d. Radiol., p. 79, Taf. viii. figs. 7, 7a, 8, 8a, 8b.

Shell ovate, with little vaulted cephalis. Length of the two joints = 1 : 8, breadth = 3 : 6. Pores regular, circular, in about twelve longitudinal rows, twice as broad as the bars. Mouth constricted, half as broad as the thorax. Peristome with nine vertical, equilateral, triangular feet.

Dimensions.—Cephalis 0.01 long, 0.03 broad; thorax 0.08 long, 0.06 broad.

Habitat.—Cosmopolitan; Mediterranean, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific; many stations, surface.

6. Carpocanium cylindricum, n. sp.