Ardissoneopsis gracilis sp. nov. (GU44BJ-4, except B TK28) A–C three specimens to scale in LM to show size range: valves from Guam (A) and Chuuk (B), frustule from Guam in girdle view (C) showing heteropolarity D frustule in SEM tilted 60°, showing both valve and girdle faces E, F pole and mid-section of holotype G–K external views of valve in SEM with other species adjacent for comparison (GU44BJ-4): index image (G) with locations of details marked, apical pole (H) (shown by depth of mantle), compare stria density with Ardissoneopsis appressata (A. g.); top half of center (I), offset areolae in striae within the oval suggest location of annulus; narrow portion below center (J), compare with scattered areolae in adjacent Toxarium undulatum (T. u.); basal pole (K), note spines on both poles L, M internal aspect near middle and at the apical pole, showing lack of costae N, O girdle view of frustule apical and basal poles, showing taper in mantle and girdle bands P possible piece of pleura (pl?) with fimbriae Q, R fimbriate edges of valvocopula and copula, respectively. Scale bars: 50 µm (A–D, G); 10 µm (E, F, H–K); 5 µm (L–R).

 
 
  Part of: Lobban CS, Ashworth MP, Camacho T, Lam DW, Theriot EC (2022) Revision of Ardissoneaceae (Bacillariophyta, Mediophyceae) from Micronesian populations, with descriptions of two new genera, Ardissoneopsis and Grunowago, and new species in Ardissonea, Synedrosphenia and Climacosphenia. PhytoKeys 208: 103-184. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.208.89913