Opephora mutabilis (Grunow) Sabbe et Vyverman

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Compère, Pierre & Criobe-Usr, Catherine Riaux-Gobin, 2016, Marine benthic diatoms in the coral reefs of Reunion and Rodrigues Islands, West Indian Ocean, Micronesica 2016 (3), pp. 1-78 : 8

Opephora mutabilis (Grunow) Sabbe et Vyverman (Pl. 4, fig. 11) References: Vyverman & Sabbe 1995, 9.241, figs 13-28; Witkowski et al. 2000, p. 72, pl. 25, figs 10-17.

Features: Apical axis: 10-15 µm, transapical axis: 3-6 µm, striae 12-14 in 10 µm. Valves heteropolar, elliptic clavate with broad rounded upper end and smaller rounded lower end. Valve surface with coarse areolae. At higher magnification, a hyaline longitudinal rib is observed along the valve margin and short spinulae at the end of each stria.