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Achanthidium reimeri can be distinguished from A. minutissimum by its wider valves and by the curved terminal raphe fissures. Psammothidium ventralis has a more linear valve margin, striae are less radiate and the central area of the rapheless valve is smaller in relative size.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
Achnanthidium reimeri LM3 Achnanthidium reimeri LM4 Achnanthidium reimeri LM1 Achnanthidium reimeri LM2
Length Range
11.5-18.2 µm
Width Range
3.5-4.5 µm
Striae in 10 µm
26-29 in the center valve

Achnanthidium minutissimum

(Kütz.) Czarn. 1994

Achnanthidium minutissimum LM4 Achnanthidium minutissimum LM3 Achnanthidium minutissimum LM7 Achnanthidium minutissimum LM2 Achnanthidium minutissimum LM6 Achnanthidium minutissimum LM1 Achnanthidium minutissimum LM5
Length Range
5.6-20.8 µm
Width Range
1.5-3.3 µm
Striae in 10 µm
25-35

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Psammothidium ventralis

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