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Guide to Fragilariforma bicapitata

(A.Mayer) D.M.Williams and Round 1988

Fragilariforma Bicapitata Guide
Credit: Ian Bishop, Sarah Spaulding
  1. Ends rostrate
  2. Central area narrow
  3. Striae irregularly spaced

Valves linear with rostrate ends. Striae number 11-15 in 10 μm, and are irregularly spaced. Striae are offset where they meet at valve's narrow central sternum. Porefields are present at both apices. Two rimoportulae are present.

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