Set number: 4646

  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33178 1
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33181 2
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33176 3
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33177 4
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33179 5
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33180 6
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33174 7
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33173 8
  • Discoaster heptabrachium VR 33175 9
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Discoaster heptabrachium, Middle Oligocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean
Final Epithet
Discoaster heptabrachium Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Discoaster heptabrachium Varol, in prep.

Diagnosis

A seven-armed species of the Discoaster deflandrei group characterised by regularly arranged arms with approximately equal inter-arm angles.

Etymology

From Greek hepta, seven and brachion, arm, referring to the seven arms.