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The entire form of the central wickerwork is in the minority of Plectanida quite irregular and indefinite; in the majority, however, a certain more or less regular entire form is recognisable, effected by a certain, more or less regular origin and mode of the connection of the meeting branches.
— from Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII by Ernst Haeckel
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