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Cymbella excisiformis has one isolated stigma and subrostrate apices. Cymbella cleve-eulerae and C. subarctica have strongly concave ventral margins.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
Cymbella cosleyi LM1 Cymbella cosleyi LM2 Cymbella cosleyi LM3 Cymbella cosleyi LM4 Cymbella cosleyi LM5 Cymbella cosleyi LM6 Cymbella cosleyi LM7
Length Range
20-31 µm
Width Range
5.5-7.1 µm
Striae in 10 µm
10-12 at the valve center, 14-16 near the apices

Cymbella excisiformis

Krammer 2002

Cymbella excisiformis LM5 Cymbella excisiformis LM2 Cymbella excisiformis LM1 Cymbella excisiformis LM3 Cymbella excisiformis LM4 Cymbella excisifomis LM7 Cymbella excisifomis LM6
Length Range
24-34 µm
Width Range
6.1-7.1 µm
Striae in 10 µm
9-11 in the center valve, 12-16 at the ends

Also compare to

Cymbella cleve-eulerae

Krammer 2002

Cymbella subarctica

Krammer 2002

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