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Guide to Anomoeoneis sculpta

(Ehrenb.) P.T. Cleve 1895

Anomoeoneis Sculpta Guide
  1. Valves broadly elliptic
  2. Apices apiculate
  3. Central area large, lyrate, symmetric
  4. Central area maculose
  5. Proximal raphe ends expanded

Valves are large and broadly elliptic, with apiculate apices. The central area is a large, symmetric and maculose, lyre-shaped area. Proximal raphe ends are large and bulbous.