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Homotryblium floripes ssp. breviradiatum
From Fensome et al., 2019:
Homotryblium ssp. breviradiatum (Cookson and Eisenack, 1961b, p.44, pl.2, figs.10–11) Lentin and Williams, 1977b, p.75. Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1961b, pl.2, figs.10–11. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium floripes subsp. breviradiatum, subsequently Cordosphaeridium floripes subsp. breviradiatum, thirdly (and now) Homotryblium floripes subsp. breviradiatum. Age: Late Eocene.
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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1961b]:
Hystrichosphaeridium floripes subsp. breviradiatum subsp. nov.
(Plate II, Figs. 10, 11; holotype Nat. Mus. Vict. P20542)
Description. - Similar to H. floripes but with considerably shorter and proportionally broader appendages.
Dimensions. - Holotype - overall diameter 86 μ, diameter of shell 66 μ; appendages 10-15 μ.
Comments. - This subspecies occurs in small numbers in the Rottnest sample between 1,480 and 1,541 feet.
Homotryblium ssp. breviradiatum (Cookson and Eisenack, 1961b, p.44, pl.2, figs.10–11) Lentin and Williams, 1977b, p.75. Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1961b, pl.2, figs.10–11. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium floripes subsp. breviradiatum, subsequently Cordosphaeridium floripes subsp. breviradiatum, thirdly (and now) Homotryblium floripes subsp. breviradiatum. Age: Late Eocene.
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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1961b]:
Hystrichosphaeridium floripes subsp. breviradiatum subsp. nov.
(Plate II, Figs. 10, 11; holotype Nat. Mus. Vict. P20542)
Description. - Similar to H. floripes but with considerably shorter and proportionally broader appendages.
Dimensions. - Holotype - overall diameter 86 μ, diameter of shell 66 μ; appendages 10-15 μ.
Comments. - This subspecies occurs in small numbers in the Rottnest sample between 1,480 and 1,541 feet.