Climacosphenia soulonalis sp. nov. All TK4 A–C holotype valve with valvocopula, entire, basal pole and apical pole, respectively, showing seamless craticular bars except near basal pole; arrowheads on B show complex unions D external valve apical pole showing irregular patch of areolae (arrow), spines, and narrowing of the annulus at apical pole E internal aspects of basal and apical poles, showing lack of costae (contrast costae in the piece of Synedrosphenia crystallina to the right) F, G valvocopula with two complex unions at the basal pole (arrowheads, F) and showing the row of pores on the pars interior around the basal pole (arrow). Scale bars: 100 µm (A); 10 µm (B–G).

 
 
  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