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Guide to Navicula cincta

(Ehrenb.) Ralfs in A.Pritch. 1861

Navicula Cinta Guide
Credit: Loren Bahls
  1. Central area small, irregular in shape
  2. Striae more widely spaced at valve center
  3. Apices not protracted

Valves are linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, with unprotracted apices. The central area is small and irregular in shape. Striae are irregularly shortened and more widely spaced in the central area.

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