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Guide to Cymbopleura crassipunctata

Krammer 2003

Cymbopleura Crassipunctata Guide
Credit: Loren Bahls
  1. Valves large, broadly lanceolate
  2. Axial and central area with faint spots
  3. Raphe reverse-lateral
  4. Proximal raphe ends bulbous
  5. Areolae very coarse, 10-14 in 10 µm

Cymbopleura crassipunctata has large, broadly lanceolate valves with subrostrate apices. The axial and central areas have faint spots arranged in an irregular fashion. Proximal raphe ends are reverse lateral and the central pores are bulbous. Areolae in the striae are very coarse and number 10-14 in 10 µm.

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