English: Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III. Original description follows: Plate 24. Cubosphærida. Diam. Fig. 1. Hexacontium sceptrum, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 1a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 2. Hexacontium favosum, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 2a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 3. Hexacontium axotrias, n. sp., × 300 The six lattice-plates, which form the cortical shell, are not yet fully developed. Fig. 4. Hexacontium floridum, n. sp., × 300 Fig. 4a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 5. Hexacontium papillosum, n. sp., × 40
English: Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III. Original description follows: Plate 24. Cubosphærida. Diam. Fig. 1. Hexacontium sceptrum, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 1a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 2. Hexacontium favosum, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 2a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 3. Hexacontium axotrias, n. sp., × 300 The six lattice-plates, which form the cortical shell, are not yet fully developed. Fig. 4. Hexacontium floridum, n. sp., × 300 Fig. 4a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 5. Hexacontium papillosum, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 5a. The two medullary shells. Fig. 6. Hexacontium lævigatum, n. sp., × 400 The contours of the two medullary shells are visible in the centre. Fig. 7. Hexacontium prionacanthum, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 7a. The two medullary shells, connected with a fragment of the cortical shell. Fig. 8. Cubosphæra cubaxonia, n. sp., × 400 Fig. 8a. A single radial spine. Fig. 9. Hexacromyum elegans, n. sp., × 400 A part of the two cortical shells is broken off. . 1887 65 Radiolaria (Challenger) Plate 024
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