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Austrognatharia sterreri Diagnosis


Diagnosis of A. sterreri (Kirsteuer, 1969) emend. Sterrer, 1998

Small, plump Austrognatharia (length 805.71 µm, width 126.43 µm; index 6.57) with stout rostrum (index 0.90). Basal plate 7.00 µm long and26.52 µm wide (index 0.27), with very low to absent lateral lobes and 11-14 teeth. Jaws 24.85 µm long, with one tooth in dorsal and 2, rarely to 5 irregular teeth in ventral row. Conuli mushroom-shaped, soft, easily deformable, 18.00 µm long and 19.97 µm wide (index 0.90).


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