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Guide to Kurtkrammeria weilandii

(Bahls) Bahls 2015

Kurtkrammeria Weilandii Guide
Credit: Loren Bahls
  1. Valves rhombic-lanceolate, slightly dorsiventral
  2. Median striae more widely spaced
  3. Stigma present at end of dorsal median stria
  4. Striae convergent at apices

Valves are rhombic-lanceolate and slightly dorsiventral (asymmetric to the apical axis). The median striae are more widely spaced than other striae. A single stigma is present at the end of the median stria on the dorsal side of the valve. Striae are convergent at the apices.

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