Haeckel

Diagnosis: Spheroidal to ellipsoidal shell with triangular (sometimes square) mesh openings. Radial tubes generally smooth, about as long as tangential bars, with 2-4 (rarely 3, seldom 4) straight or slightly curved terminal branches, third to fifth as long as radial tubes.

Diameter: 1.2-4.0 mm.

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

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

Haeckel E. 1887. Report on Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Rep. Sci. Res. Voyage H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76, 18:1-1803.

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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