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Guide to Nitzschia oligotraphenta

(Lange-Bert.) Lange-Bert. 2011

Nitzschia Dissipata Oligotraphenta Guide
Credit: Kalina Manoylov
  1. Valves narrow with parallel sites
  2. Ends capitate
  3. Striae not visible with LM
  4. Raphe eccentric

Valves are delicate, narrow with parallel sides and capitate ends. Keel strongly eccentric. Striae are not resolvable in the light microscope.