Radiolaria (Challenger) Plate 020

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Description: English: Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III. Original description follows: Plate 20. Liosphærida et Astrosphærida. Diam. Fig. 1. Drymosphæra dendrophora, n. sp.,: ×: 300. Fig. 1a. Meridional section through the central capsule. In the centre the large spherical nucleus is visible. The protoplasm around it is distinctly radiate. From the central capsule arise numerous club-shaped apophyses or cæcal sacs, which are protruded through the meshes of the inner shell,: ×: 300. Fig. 1b. Basal part of a single radial spine, and its connection with the network of the two shells,: ×: 400. Fig. 2. Liosphæra polypora, n. sp.,: ×: 300. The greater part of the outer shell is removed. Fig. 3. Liosphæra hexagonia, n. sp.,: ×: 400. Fig. 4. Carposphæra melitomma, n. sp. (vel Melitomma melittosphæra),: ×: 400. Date: 1887. Source: https://archive.org/details/reportonradiolar00haecrich. Author: Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919); engravings by Adolf Giltsch (1852-1911).