Borgert

Diagnosis: Spheroidal lattice shell with triangular mesh openings. Radial tubes about as long as tangential bars, 2-5 whorls of 3-5 curved lateral branches on distal half of tubes, terminal whorl of 2-4 (usually 3) short, curved branches, paired lateral branches sometimes on proximal half of tubes, lateral branches pointed or rounded.

Diameter 1.2-2.7 mm.

Kingdom Protoctista
Phylum Actinopoda
Subphylum Sarcodina
Class Phaeodaria
Order Phaeosphaeria
Family Aulosphaeridae
Genus Aulosphaera
Species Aulosphaera labradoriensis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Haecker V. 1908. Tiefsee-Radiolarien. Wiss. Erg. Deutsch. Tiefsee-Exp. Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 14, T. 1:1-476; T. 2:477-706.

Reshetnjak V.V. 1966. Glubokovodnie radilaoyarii Phaeodaria cevero-zapadnoi chasti Tichogo Okeana. Fauna SSSR, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst., Nauka, Moskva: pp. 1-208.

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