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Guide to Cymbopleura austriaca

(Grunow) Krammer 2003

Cymbopleura Austriaca Guide
Credit: Loren Bahls
  1. Valves linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, up to 107 µm long
  2. Apices obtusely rounded
  3. Axial area broad
  4. Raphe strongly reverse lateral near proximal ends

Valves are large, linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, with obtusely rounded apices. The axial area is broad. The proximal raphe ends are strongly reverse-lateral.