Glossary
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Rostrate
Rostrate describes a valve end as having the shape of a beak, or rostrum.
See also capitate.
Image Credit: Marina Potapova
Image Credit: Pat Kociolek
Image Credit: Marina Potapova
The valve ends of Achnanthidium latecephalum are broadly rostrate.
Image Credit: Pat Kociolek
Placoneis elginensis has rostrate ends.