Borgert

Diagnosis: Shell lens-shaped, compressed, nearly circular in side view, with 18-26 equally spaced, radial teeth on the margin, about equal in length. Marginal spines conical, straight, scarcely third to at most half as long as shell radius. Peristome short, channel-shaped, with 2 lateral, parallel, pointed teeth, vertical or slightly inclined ventrally. Peristome with teeth usually somewhat longer than the marginal spines.

Diameter: 0.13-0.15 mm.

Kingdom Protoctista
Phylum Actinopoda
Subphylum Sarcodina
Class Phaeodaria
Order Phaeogromia
Family Challengeridae
Genus Challengeron
Species Challengeron radians

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

Borgert A. 1904. Mittheilungen über die Tripyleen-Ausbeute der Plankton-Expedition. II. Die Tripyleen-Ausbeute der Schliessnetzfängen. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst., 19:733-760.

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