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Hystrichosphaeridium huecospinosum

Hystrichosphaeridium? huecospinosum Cramer, 1964

Now Umbellasphaeridium. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium?, subsequently Florisphaeridium, thirdly (and now) Umbellasphaeridium. See also Baltisphaeridium? (combination not validly published).
Cramer, 1964, questionably included this species in Hystrichosphaeridium.
Holotype: Cramer, 1964, pl.6, fig.2
Age: Devonian (Emsian)

Original description (Cramer, 1964)
Dimensions. diameter up to 35 µm, usually smaller.
Central body and processes hollow with not uniform walls. The central body is roughly spherical, has a thin wall with a granulate sculpture and is very transparent. The processes are hollow and are open at the end. The roset-like structures at the end of the processes may be joined forming a kind of"outer shell". The wall of the
processes is psilate to rugulate or verrucate, the "outer shell" has a granulate surface. 5 to 13 (8) processes in optical section. Frequency and provenance. Rare in the upper part of the La Vid Shales. Holotype from
0099, La Vid de Gordon, NW-Spain. Known stratigraphical range.Upper part of the LaVid Shales, Emsian (part), NW-Spain.
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