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Compare Cymbopleura subrostrata

(Cleve) Krammer 2003

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Cymbopleura heinii has smaller, elliptic-lanceolate valves with a higher areola density. The raphe of C. heinii is reverse-lateral near the ends and the hooks on the proximal raphe ends are indistinct.

LM scalebar = 10 µm
Cymbosubrostrata1 Cymbosubrostrata2 Cymbosubrostrata3 Cymbosubrostrata4 Cymbosubrostrata5 Cymbosubrostrata6 Cymbosubrostrata7
Length Range
153-255 µm
Width Range
39-50 µm
Striae in 10 µm
8-10 at the valve center, 13-16 at the apices

Cymbopleura heinii

Lange-Bert. and Krammer in Lange-Bert. and Genkal 1999

Cymbopleura heinii LM1 Cymbopleura heinii LM2 Cymbopleura heinii LM3 Cymbopleura heinii LM4 Cymbopleura heinii LM5 Cymbopleura heinii LM6 Cymbopleura heinii LM7
Length Range
100-207 µm
Width Range
27-39 µm
Striae in 10 µm
8-10 at the valve center, 14-16 at the apices

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