Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Plates Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII

Part 2

Chapter 22,250 wordsPublic domain

Fig. 1_a_. A piece of the network, the bars of which contain partly an axial canal, × 200 1599

Fig. 2. _Conosphæra orthoconus_, n. sp., × 200 221

Fig. 3. _Conosphæra platyconus_, n. sp., × 300 221

Fig. 4. _Conosphæra plagioconus_, n. sp., × 300 222

Fig. 5. _Ethmosphæra conosiphonia_, n. sp., × 400 69

Fig. 5_a_. Vertical section through the wall.

Fig. 6. _Ethmosphæra polysiphonia_, n. sp., × 400 70

Fig. 7. _Cenosphæra compacta_, n. sp., × 300 65

Fig. 8. _Cenosphæra elysia_, n. sp., × 300 64

Fig. 8_a_. Vertical section through the wall.

Fig. 9. _Cenosphæra mellifica_, n. sp., × 300 62

Fig. 10. _Cenosphæra favosa_, n. sp., × 300 62

Fig. 10_a_. Vertical section through the wall.

Fig. 11. _Cenosphæra vesparia_, n. sp., × 300 62

Fig. 11_a_. Vertical section through the wall.

PLATE 13.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Orders SPHÆROIDEA ET PRUNOIDEA.

Families STYLOSPHÆRIDA et ELLIPSIDA.

Fig. 1. _Ellipsostylus aquila_, n. sp., × 300 300

Fig. 2. _Ellipsostylus hirundo_, n. sp., × 300 301

Fig. 3. _Ellipsostylus columba_, n. sp., × 300 300

Fig. 4. _Xiphostylus alcedo_, n. sp., × 400 127

Fig. 5. _Xiphostylus edolius_, n. sp., × 400 130

Fig. 6. _Ellipsostylus psittacus_, n. sp., × 400 300

Fig. 7. _Stylostaurus caudatus_, n. sp., × 400 157

Fig. 8. _Ellipsostylus ciconia_, n. sp., × 300 300

Fig. 9. _Xiphostylus phasianus_, n. sp., × 400 127

Fig. 10. _Xiphostylus trochilus_, n. sp., × 300 129

Fig. 11. _Xiphostylus emberiza_, n. sp., × 300 131

Fig. 12. _Saturnalis circoideus_, n. sp., × 400 132

Not fully developed.

Fig. 13. _Xiphostylus alca_, n. sp., × 300 130

Fig. 14. _Xiphostylus falco_, n. sp., × 300 130

Fig. 15. _Saturnalis rotula_, n. sp., × 400 133

Fig. 16. _Saturnalis annularis_, n. sp., × 400 132

PLATE 14.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Orders SPHÆROIDEA ET PRUNOIDEA.

Families STYLOSPHÆRIDA et ELLIPSIDA.

Fig. 1. _Ellipsoxiphus atractus_, n. sp., × 300 298

Fig. 2. _Xiphosphæra venus_, n. sp., × 300 123

Fig. 3. _Ellipsoxiphus claviger_, n. sp., × 300 297

Fig. 4. _Xiphosphæra pallas_, n. sp., × 400 124

Fig. 5. _Xiphosphæra gæa_, n. sp., × 400 123

Fig. 6. _Xiphosphæra vesta_, n. sp., × 300 126

Fig. 7. _Ellipsoxiphus elegans_, n. sp., var. _palliatus_, × 400 296

Fig. 8. _Lithapium halicapsa_, n. sp., × 300 303

Fig. 9. _Lithapium pyriforme_, n. sp., × 300 303

Fig. 10. _Lithapium monocyrtis_, n. sp., × 300 304

Fig. 11. _Ellipsoxiphus bipolaris_, n. sp., × 600 297

Fig. 12. _Xiphostylus trogon_, n. sp., × 400 129

Fig. 13. _Xiphostylus picus_, n. sp., × 300 129

Fig. 14. _Lithomespilus flammabundus_, n. sp., × 400 303

Fig. 15. _Xiphostylus alauda_, n. sp., × 400 128

Fig. 16. _Lithomespilus phloginus_, n. sp., × 600 302

Fig. 17. _Lithomespilus phlogoides_, n. sp., × 600 302

PLATE 15.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Orders SPHÆROIDEA ET PRUNOIDEA.

Families STAUROSPHÆRIDA et DRUPPULIDA.

Fig. 1. _Cromyatractus tetracelyphus_, n. sp., × 300 335

Fig. 1_a_. The two inner medullary shells.

Fig. 2. _Cromyatractus tetraphractus_, n. sp., × 300 335

Fig. 3. _Cromyatractus cepicius_, n. sp., × 300 336

The spongy distal part of a polar spine.

Fig. 4. _Cromyatractus ceparius_, n. sp. (vel _Caryostylus ceparius_), × 300 336

Fig. 5. _Staurolonche pertusa_, n. sp., × 300 159

Fig. 5_a_. Its medullary shell.

Fig. 6. _Staurosphæra philippi_, n. sp., × 300 154

Fig. 7. _Stauroxiphus gladius_, n. sp., × 400 163

Fig. 8. _Staurocaryum arborescens_, n. sp., × 300 167

Fig. 9. _Rhizoplegma radicatum_, n. sp., × 200 276

Fig. 9_a_. The medullary shell, which is completely hidden in fig. 9 by the numerous club-shaped apophyses of the central capsule.

PLATE 16.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Orders SPHÆROIDEA ET PRUNOIDEA.

Families STYLOSPHÆRIDA et DRUPPULIDA.

Fig. 1. _Stylosphæra melpomene_, n. sp., × 300 135

Fig. 2. _Lithatractus jugatus_, n. sp., (vel _Stylosphæra jugata_), × 400 323

Fig. 3. _Lithatractus fragilis_, n. sp. (vel _Stylosphæra fragilis_), × 400 319

Fig. 4. _Stylosphæra lithatractus_, n. sp., × 300

The entire shell.

Fig. 5. _Stylosphæra lithatractus_, n. sp., × 300

The greater part of the cortical shell and the two spines taken off.

The description of _Stylosphæra lithatractus_ (intermediate between _Stylosphæra jugata_ and _Stylosphæra terpsichore_, p. 137) is by mistake not given in the text.

Fig. 6. _Stylosphæra calliope_, n. sp., × 400 134

Fig. 7. _Stylosphæra clio_, n. sp., × 400 134

Fig. 8. _Druppatractus ostracion_, n. sp., × 300 326

The entire shell.

Fig. 9. _Druppatractus ostracion_, n. sp., × 300 326

The anterior half of the cortical shell has been removed.

Fig. 10. _Druppatractus hippocampus_, n. sp., × 300 324

The entire shell.

Fig. 11. _Druppatractus hippocampus_, n. sp., × 300 324

The greater part of the cortical shell has been removed.

Fig. 12. _Stylosphæra nana_, n. sp., × 300 136

The entire shell

Fig. 13. _Stylosphæra nana_, n. sp., × 300 136

The greater part of the cortical shell taken off.

Fig. 14. _Sphærostylus ophidium_, n. sp., × 300 140

The entire shell.

Fig. 15. _Sphærostylus ophidium_, n. sp., × 300 140

The medullary shell alone.

Fig. 16. _Saturnulus ellipticus_, n. sp., × 400 141

Fig. 17. _Saturnulus planetes_, n. sp., × 400 142

PLATE 17.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Orders SPHÆROIDEA ET PRUNOIDEA.

Families STYLOSPHÆRIDA, DRUPPULIDA et SPONGURIDA.

Fig. 1. _Stylatractus giganteus_, n. sp. (vel _Amphistylus giganteus_), × 300 329

Fig. 2. _Stylatractus sethoporus_, n. sp., × 400 330

The greater part of the cortical shell taken off.

Fig. 3. _Stylatractus sethoporus_, n. sp., × 400 330

The entire cortical shell.

Fig. 4. _Stylatractus compactus_, n. sp., × 400 329

Fig. 5. _Amphisphæra cronos_, n. sp. (vel _Amphistylus cronos_), × 400 144

Fig. 6. _Stylatractus neptunus_, n. sp. (vel _Amphisphæra neptunus_), × 300 328

Fig. 7. _Amphisphæra pluto_, n. sp., × 300 144

The entire cortical shell.

Fig. 8. _Amphisphæra pluto_, n. sp., × 300 144

Meridional section through the three concentric shells.

Fig. 9. _Xiphatractus glyptodon_, n. sp., × 400 334

The entire cortical shell.

Fig. 10. _Xiphatractus glyptodon_, n. sp., × 400 334

The greater part of the cortical shell taken off.

Fig. 11. _Xiphatractus armadillo_, n. sp., × 400 332

Fig. 12. _Spongoxiphus prunococcus_, n. sp., × 300 354

The spongy cortical shell.

Fig. 13. _Spongoxiphus prunococcus_, n. sp., × 600 354

The two concentric latticed medullary shells.

PLATE 18.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Families LIOSPHÆRIDA et ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Centrocubus cladostylus_, n. sp., × 100 278

Fig. 2. _Octodendron spathillatum_, n. sp., × 300 280

The entire inner shell, but a small part only of the outer shell is represented.

Fig. 3. _Octodendron cubocentron_, n. sp., × 400 279

The central capsule (somewhat irregular by compression?) exhibits a large excentric nucleus (probably dislocated artificially?).

Fig. 4. _Octodendron spathillatum_, n. sp., × 800 280

Free distal end of a radial spine, with the spathillæ on the end of the branches.

Fig. 5. _Rhizosphæra serrata_, n. sp., × 300 284

Fig. 6. _Rhizosphæra serrata_, n. sp., × 300 284

Medullary shell.

Fig. 7. _Rhizosphæra serrata_, n. sp., × 600 284

A single radial spine.

Fig. 8. _Plegmosphæra exodictyon_, n. sp., × 200 89

The central shell-cavity encloses the spherical central capsule and the concentric nucleus.

Fig. 9. _Spongodrymus elaphococcus_, n. sp., × 150 272

The entire inner shell, but only a small part of the outer spongy envelope is represented.

PLATE 19.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Drymosphæra polygonalis_, n. sp., × 200 249

Fig. 2. _Leptosphæra hexagonalis_, n. sp., × 200 244

Showing the central capsule (forming numerous club-shaped protuberances) and the simple spherical nucleus in its centre. The skeleton is nearly the same as in _Diplosphæra hexagonalis_ (fig. 3).

Fig. 3. _Diplosphæra hexagonalis_, n. sp., × 200 246

The spherical central capsule, with radially striped protoplasm, is enclosed in the inner shell, and exhibits in its centre the clear spherical nucleus.

Fig. 4. _Astrosphæra hexagonalis_, n. sp., × 300 250

Fig. 5. _Astrosphæra stellata_, n. sp., × 300 251

The central capsule, enclosed in the inner shell, exhibits a distinct radial striation of the protoplasm, and in the centre a clear spherical nucleus.

Fig. 6. _Haliomma rhodococcus_, n. sp. (vel _Sethosphæra rhodococcus_), × 400 237

The greater part of the outer shell is removed.

PLATE 20.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Families LIOSPHÆRIDA et ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Drymosphæra dendrophora_, n. sp., × 300 249

Fig. 1_a_. Meridional section through the central capsule. In the centre the large spherical nucleus is visible. The protoplasm around it is distinctly radiate. From the central capsule arise numerous club-shaped apophyses or cæcal sacs, which are protruded through the meshes of the inner shell, × 300

Fig. 1_b_. Basal part of a single radial spine, and its connection with the network of the two shells, × 400

Fig. 2. _Liosphæra polypora_, n. sp., × 300 78

The greater part of the outer shell is removed.

Fig. 3. _Liosphæra hexagonia_, n. sp., × 400 76

Fig. 4. _Carposphæra melitomma_, n. sp. (vel _Melitomma melittosphæra_), × 400 73

PLATE 21.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family CUBOSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Hexastylus cochleatus_, n. sp., × 400 174

From the central capsule, enclosed in the shell, numerous delicate radial pseudopodia arise, which are protruded through the pores of the shell.

Fig. 2. _Hexastylus triaxonius_, n. sp., × 400 175

Fig. 3. _Hexastylus phænaxonius_, n. sp., × 300 171

Fig. 4. _Hexastylus thaletis_, n. sp., × 400 172

Fig. 5. _Hexastylus minimus_, n. sp., × 400 172

Fig. 6. _Hexastylus dimensivus_, n. sp., × 400 175

Fig. 7. _Hexastylus spiralis_, n. sp., × 400 177

Fig. 8. _Hexastylus dictyotus_, n. sp., × 400 176

Fig. 9. _Hexastylus dictyotus_, n. sp., × 400 176

Central capsule with concentric nucleus and nucleolus; the protoplasm is radially striped.

Fig. 10. _Hexastylus marginatus_, n. sp., × 400 176

Fig. 10_a_. Radial section through the shell-wall.

Fig. 11. _Hexastylus solonis_, n. sp., × 400 173

Fig. 12. _Hexastylus contortus_, n. sp., × 300 177

PLATE 22.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family CUBOSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Hexalonche pythagoræa_, n. sp., × 300 185

Fig. 2. _Hexalonche conicornis_, n. sp., × 300 181

Fig. 3. _Hexalonche aristarchi_, n. sp., × 400 185

Fig. 4. _Hexalonche philosophica_, n. sp., × 400 186

Fig. 5. _Hexalonche anaximandri_, n. sp., × 400 182

Fig. 6. _Hexalonche octocolpa_, n. sp., × 300 183

Fig. 6_a_. The inner shell alone.

Fig. 7. _Hexalonche heracliti_, n. sp., × 300 187

Fig. 8. _Hexalonche octahedra_, n. sp., × 400 181

Fig. 8_a_. The inner shell alone.

Fig. 9. _Hexancistra tricuspis_, n. sp., × 300 188

Fig. 10. _Hexancistra triserrata_, n. sp., × 300 188

Fig. 11. _Hexancistra quadricuspis_, n. sp., × 300 189

PLATE 23.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family CUBOSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Hexadendron bipinnatum_, n. sp., × 400 200

Fig. 2. _Hexacromyum octahedrum_, n. sp., × 400 202

Fig. 3. _Hexancistra mirabilis_, n. sp. (= _Hexapitys mirabilis_), × 400 189

The spherical central capsule encloses the concentric spherical inner shell (which is filled up by the nucleus), and is surrounded by the octahedral outer shell. The latter is enveloped by the octahedral calymma, which is radially striated and contains numerous xanthellæ.

Fig. 4. _Hexacaryum arborescens_, n. sp., × 400 203

Fig. 5. _Hexacontium clavigerum_, n. sp., × 300 19

PLATE 24.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family CUBOSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Hexacontium sceptrum_, n. sp., × 400 194

Fig. 1_a_. The two medullary shells.

Fig. 2. _Hexacontium favosum_, n. sp., × 400 194

Fig. 2_a_. The two medullary shells.

Fig. 3. _Hexacontium axotrias_, n. sp., × 300 192

The six lattice-plates, which form the cortical shell, are not yet fully developed.

Fig. 4. _Hexacontium floridum_, n. sp., × 300 195

Fig. 4_a_. The two medullary shells.

Fig. 5. _Hexacontium papillosum_, n. sp., × 400 197

Fig. 5_a_. The two medullary shells.

Fig. 6. _Hexacontium lævigatum_, n. sp., × 400 193

The contours of the two medullary shells are visible in the centre.

Fig. 7. _Hexacontium prionacanthum_, n. sp., × 400 195

Fig. 7_a_. The two medullary shells, connected with a fragment of the cortical shell.

Fig. 8. _Cubosphæra cubaxonia_, n. sp., × 400 203

Fig. 8_a_. A single radial spine.

Fig. 9. _Hexacromyum elegans_, n. sp., × 400 201

A part of the two cortical shells is broken off.

PLATE 25.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family CUBOSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Hexadoridium streptacanthum_, n. sp., × 400 206

Fig. 1_a_. The two concentric medullary shells.

Fig. 2. _Hexalonche amphisiphon_, n. sp., × 300 182

Fig. 2_a_. Medullary shell connected with a fragment of the cortical shell.

Fig. 2_b_. Vertical section through the wall of the cortical shell. (Below the centre of the Plate, also lettered 3_a_ by mistake.)

Fig. 3. _Hexalonche rosetta_, n. sp., × 400 180

Fig. _3a_. Medullary shell.

Fig. _3b_. Vertical section through the wall of the cortical shell.

Fig. 4. _Hexalonche curvicornis_, n. sp., × 300 181

Outer shell not yet complete, or partly broken off (?).

Fig. 5. _Hexalonche anaximenis_, n. sp., × 400 183

Fig. 6. _Hexalonche hystricina_, n. sp., × 300 187

Fig. 7. _Hexacontium circumtextum_, n. sp., × 400 193

Fig. 7_a_. Vertical section through the double wall of the cortical shell.

Fig. 8. _Hexacontium gladiatum_, n. sp., × 400 198

A part of the two outer shells and of the radial spines is broken off.

PLATE 26.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Families LIOSPHÆRIDA et ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Coscinomma amphisiphon_, n. sp., × 300 222

Fig. 1_a_. A piece of the lattice-shell, × 600

Fig. 1_b_. Vertical section through the shell-wall, × 600

Fig. 2. _Heliosphæra hexagonaria_, n. sp., × 300 217

Fig. 3. _Acanthosphæra castanea_, n. sp., × 400 211

Fig. 4. _Acanthosphæra angulata_, n. sp., × 300 216

Fig. 5. _Acanthosphæra reticulata_, n. sp., × 300 217

Fig. 6. _Heliosphæra coronata_, n. sp., × 400 219

Fig. 6_a_. A single pore with its coronal, × 300

Fig. 7. _Acanthosphæra mucronata_, n. sp., × 400 212

Fig. 8. _Acanthosphæra clavata_, n. sp., × 400 212

Fig. 9. _Heliosphæra pectinata_, n. sp., × 400 218

Fig. 10. _Cenosphæra perforata_, n. sp., × 400 66

Fig. 11. _Cenosphæra coronata_, n. sp., × 400 67

PLATE 27.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Cladococcus pinetum_, n. sp., × 300 226

Fig. 2. _Cladococcus scoparius_, n. sp., × 300 225

Fig. 3. _Cladococcus abietinus_, n. sp., × 300 226

The central capsule, enclosed originally in the shell, sends out numerous club-shaped apophyses through the pores of the lattice-sphere. The central spherical nucleus fills up half the shell-cavity.

Fig. 4. _Cladococcus stalactites_, n. sp., × 300 227

Fig. 5. _Cladococcus dendrites_, n. sp., × 200 227

PLATE 28.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Families LIOSPHÆRIDA et ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Haliomma lirianthus_, n. sp., × 300 232

Fig. 1_a_. Medullary shell, × 300

Fig. _1b_. Three pores of the cortical shell, × 900

Fig. 2. _Carposphæra nodosa_, n. sp., × 300 76

Fig. 2_a_. The medullary shell is visible, the upper half of the cortical shell being taken off, × 300

Fig. 3. _Heliosoma radians_, n. sp., × 300 240

Fig. 3_a_. Medullary shell, × 300

Fig. 4. _Heliosoma hastatum_, n. sp., × 400 241

Fig. 5. _Haliomma compactum_, n. sp., × 400 239

Fig. 5_a_. The upper half of the cortical shell is removed, × 300

Fig. 6. _Haliomma macrodoras_, n. sp., × 400 238

Fig. 7. _Haliomma circumtextum_, n sp., × 400 233

Fig. 8. _Elatomma juniperinum_, n. sp., × 400 243

Fig. 8_a_. Medullary shell, × 400

PLATE 29.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Family ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Echinomma toxopneustes_, n. sp., × 400 259

Fig. 2. _Echinomma sphærechinus_, n. sp., × 400 258

Fig. 3. _Actinomma denticulatum_, n. sp., × 400 254

Fig. 4. _Actinomma pachyderma_, n. sp., × 400 254

The half of the cortical shell is removed.

Fig. 5. _Actinomma pachyderma_, n. sp., × 400 254

Fig. 6. _Actinomma capillaceum_, n. sp., × 300 255

Fig. 7. _Actinomma arcadophorum_, n. sp., × 400 255

A part of the two outer shells is removed.

Fig. 8. _Actinomma arcadophorum_, n. sp., × 400 255

Inner medullary shell.

Fig. 9. _Pityomma drymodes_, n. sp., × 300 260

A part of the two outer shells is removed.

PLATE 30.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order SPHÆROIDEA.

Families LIOSPHÆRIDA et ASTROSPHÆRIDA.

Fig. 1. _Cromyechinus icosacanthus_, n. sp., × 300 263

Fig. 2. _Cromyomma villosum_, n. sp., × 300 261

Fig. 3. _Cromyechinus dodecacanthus_, n. sp., × 400 264

Fig. 3_a_. The innermost shells.

Fig. 4. _Cromyomma circumtextum_, n. sp., × 300 262

Fig. 5. _Cromyomma mucronatum_, n. sp., × 200 263

Fig. 5_a_. The innermost shells.

Fig. 6. _Cromyodrymus abietinus_, n. sp., × 300 265

Fig. 7. _Cromyodrymus quadricuspis_, n. sp., × 400 264

Fig. 7_a_. The inner concentric shells.

Fig. 8. _Cromyomma perspicuum_, n. sp., × 300 262

Fig. 9. _Cromyosphæra quadruplex_, n. sp., × 300 84

Fig. 9_a_. The innermost shells.

PLATE 31.

LEGION SPUMELLARIA.

Order DISCOIDEA.

Families CENODISCIDA et PHACODISCIDA.

Fig. 1. _Sethostaurus orthostaurus_, n. sp., × 300 433

Fig. 2. _Sethostaurus orthostaurus_, n. sp., × 300 433

Vertical section through the centrum.

Fig. 3. _Sethostaurus recurvatus_, n. sp., × 100 434

Optical section through the equatorial plane.