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Guide to Eunotia paludosa

Grunow 1862

Eunotia Paludosa Guide
Credit: Paula Furey
  1. Valves weakly curved
  2. Ventral margin concave
  3. Ventral margin with subapical swellings
  4. Apices rounded, slightly reflexed

Valves are weakly curved. Ventral margins are straight in smaller specimens and moderately concave in mid-size to large specimens. Ventral margins of larger specimens with barely visible swellings marking the position of the proximal raphe ends. Valve apices are rounded and slightly dorsally reflexed.