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: 1-103 pp.