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Actinomma antarcticum (Haeckel) Nigrini, 1967 
AphiaID: 412907

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Rhizaria (Infrakingdom) > Radiozoa (Phylum) > Polycystina (Class) > Spumellaria (Order) > Actinommidae (Family) > Actinomma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Actinomma Haeckel, 1860, emend. Nigrini, 1967
Synonymised
taxa
  Diploplegma aquatica
Diploplegma banzare Riedel, 1958
Spongoplegma antarcticum Haeckel, 1887
Sources  basis of record: Nigrini, C.; Moore, T.C. (1979). A guide to modern Radiolaria. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal research speciespublication No. 16., available online at http://gdcmp1.ucsd.edu/geol_coll/radlit/nm79titl.html [details]

original description (from synonym): Haeckel, E. (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. , available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-40/ [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Distribution Gulf of California [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  description: Cortical shell with loose spongy framework and rough surface, four to six times as broad as the enclosed simple medullary shell. Pores of the latter regular circular, twice as broad as the bars. From its surface arise numerous (forty to fifty or more) short radial beams which become forked and compose, by communication of lateral branches, the spongy cortical shell.

Dimensions.--Diameter of the spongy cortical shell 0.2 to 0.3, of the latticed medullary shell 0.05 to 0.06
Haeckel 1887 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:412907
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2009-08-24 09:44:19Z  created  db_admin
2010-08-04 12:10:46Z  changed  db_admin
2010-12-02 14:56:20Z  checked  Lazarus, David
  
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  Citation: Lazarus, D. (2013). Actinomma antarcticum (Haeckel) Nigrini, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412907 on 2013-06-19
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