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Guide to Encyonema silesiacum

(Bleisch in Rabenh.) D.G.Mann 1990

Encyonema Silesiacum Guide
  1. Valves dorsiventral with strongly arched dorsal margin
  2. Valves up to 49 µm long
  3. Maximum length to width ratio 4.3
  4. Striae 12-17 in 10 µm
  5. Stigmoid at median dorsal stria

Valves are dorsiventral, up to 49 µm long with a strongly arched dorsal margin. The maximum length to width ratio is 4.3. Striae number 12-17 in 10 µm. A single stigmoid lies at the end of the median dorsal stria.

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