Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Named by Carter & Dumitrica.

Original description: Test flat with long and narrow rays; rays increasing very slowly in width distally and terminating in more or less expanded tips. Each ray with a three-bladed, pointed distal spine the length of which is about half the length of ray. Central area flat, small. Surface of rays and central area with small, dense, irregularly arranged pores. Sides of rays vertical to slightly concave.

Original remarks: As written by Yeh (1987b) this form differs from Pseudocrucella magna Blome (1984b) by having rays with expanded tips and with less massive spines. Crucella jadeae is very close to the Sinemurian species C. kaisunensis Whalen & Carter but differs in having longer arms and mostly triradiate rather than circular spines.

Etymology: The species is named for Kuei-Yu Yeh (Jade) who illustrated the first specimens.

Full reference: S. Gorican, E. S. Carter, P. Dumitrica, P. A. Whalen, R. S. Hori, P. De Wever, L. O'Dogherty, A. Matsuoka, and J. Guex. 2006. Catalogue and systematics of Pliensbachian, Toarcian and Aalenian radiolarian genera and species 446

Belongs to Crucella according to S. Gorican et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Crucella angulosa, Crucella beata, Crucella cachensis, Crucella carteri, Crucella cavata, Crucella collina, Crucella concinna, Crucella espartoensis, Crucella flowerpotensis, Crucella hettangica, Crucella irwini, Crucella kaisunensis, Crucella magna, Crucella messinae, Crucella mexicana, Crucella mijo, Crucella mirabunda, Crucella plana, Crucella prisca, Crucella spongase, Crucella squama, Crucella tenuis, Crucella theokaftensis

Type specimen: pl. PDC05, fig. 1 (Yeh 1987b, pl. 2, fig. 18). Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-536J, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone/limestone in the Nicely Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Suplee-Izee area, OR-536J

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