Pterocanium auritum |
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Pterocanium sp. = Pterocanium auritum
Richard N. Benson (22/01/2004) |
In 2003, Richard N. Benson and Kjell Bjørklund revised the taxonomy of the Gulf of California radiolarian species to conform to modern usage. Some of the names of Benson (1966 and 1983) were changed accordingly. See synonymy for previously used names for this taxon.
Nigrini and Caulet (1992, p. 154) state that they “have not observed any other form [other than Pterocanium bicorne Haeckel] with two equally developed apical horns.” than their new species Pterocanium auritum. The Gulf of California species conforms to their description of P. auritum, but the range in some of its dimensions is larger.
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