Discoaster kugleri

Discoaster kugleri Martini & Bramlette, 1963

1963 Discoaster kugleri Martini & Bramlette (pro parte), p. 853, pl. 102, fig. 11; non-pl. 102, figs. 12–13

2017 Discoaster hexapleuros de Kaenel & Bergen in de Kaenel et al., pl. 2, figs. 16-17; non-pl. 2, figs. 11-15, 18-20

Hexagonal symmetrical species have a wide, flat central area without ornamentation. The arms are relatively short with distal ridges and terminate in notches.

Martini, E., Bramlette, M. N., 1963. Calcareous nannoplankton from the experimental Mohole drilling. Journal of Paleontology. 37(4), 845-855.

De Kaenel, E., Bergen, J. A., Browning, E., Blair, S. A. & Boesiger, T.M. 2017. Uppermost Oligocene to Middle Miocene Discoaster and Catinaster taxonomy and stratigraphy in the circum North Atlantic Basin, Gulf of Mexico and ODP Leg 154. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 37 (2-3): 215–244.

Varol, O. & Bowman, A. R. 2024. The New Middle Miocene Genus Olladiscoaster, and Related and Associated Discoasters. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 28, 103 pp.