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 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