FIGURE 6 in First Report and New Freshwater Species of Germainiella (Bacillariophyta) from the Maolan Nature Reserve, Guizhou Province, China

FIGURE 6. Germainiella sinica, sp. nov. Figs 44, 45. Valve exterior showing view into valve between conopeum and margin. Siliceous granulaes are on the external valve face. Fig. 46. External girdle view, showing numerous girdle bands of the open type. Figs 47–50. Broken valves. Fig. 47. Valve view showing conopeum with short slits near the raphe, and then below it the external valve face with siliceous granules evident. Figs 48, 49. Girdle (side) views, showing presence of small siliceous struts, and the space (without any 'tubules') between the conopeum above and the external valve (with numerous granules) below. Fig. 50. Valve view showing the external valve face with numerous granules and internal valve face with hymenate occlusions over the areolae comprising the striae.