Stannoma

Description

Test free , soft , flexible , and tree- or bush-like in form with few or many branches . Occurrence : Indian and Pacific Oceans, 3814-4930 m. yellowish to greenish-brown in color, soft and very flexible . It branches dichotomously 1 - 3 times , in one plane . Branches are 2-5 mm in 1096 CLASS XENOPHYOPHOREA diameter, circular or slightly flattened in cross- O section , and do not anastomose. Linellae simple and s without ramifications . Xenophyae are mainly radiolarian tests . Other species : S. coral/aides Haeckel , 1889. Refs . Schulze (1907a,b) ; Tendal ( 1972) . B B B G G G Scale=IO mm (natural size). G

Type species

Stannoma dendroides Haeckel , 1 8 8 9 (Fig. 17): Tree-like test is up to 80 mm in length ,

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Test free , soft , flexible , and tree- or bush-like in
form with few or many branches . Occurrence :
Indian and Pacific Oceans, 3814-4930 m.
yellowish to greenish-brown in color, soft and
very flexible . It branches dichotomously 1 - 3
times , in one plane . Branches are 2-5 mm in
1096 CLASS XENOPHYOPHOREA
diameter, circular or slightly flattened in cross- O
section , and do not anastomose. Linellae simple and s
without ramifications . Xenophyae are mainly
radiolarian tests . Other species : S. coral/aides
Haeckel , 1889. Refs . Schulze (1907a,b) ; Tendal
( 1972) . B
B
B
G
G
G
Scale=IO mm (natural size).
G