Table 2 in Marine and brackish Luticola D. G. Mann (Bacillariophyta) species from the Java Sea and South China Sea coasts with the description of three new species

Table 2. Morphological characteristics of all Luticola taxa listed here with comparisons to most similar brackish taxa based on literature data. Data marked with an asterisk (*) are obtained from photomicrographs. Size [μm] Length/WidthStriae [in 10 μm]Areolae characteristicProximal raphe endingsDistal raphe endingsDistributionReferencesL. orientalis sp. nov.9.5-22.1/5.4-8.518-224-6 per striae, round or slightly elongatedslightly deflected, close to each otherhookedJava, Hainan Island, Vietnamthis studyL. cribriareolata sp. nov.9.8-28.3/6.0-11.614-163-5 per striae, with deeply positioned cribrumslightly deflected with long irregular thread-like grooveshookedJavathis studyL. halongiana sp. nov.9.9-22.1/5.4-7.720-243-4(5) per striae, round or slightly elongatedstrongly deflected with small rounded groovehookedVietnam, Javathis studyL. belawanensis8.4-19.0/6.1-9.018-213-4(5) per striae mainly slightly elongatedbent with small C-shaped or irregular grooveshookedVietnamthis study15.5-27.0/15.5-2718-203-4 per striaeDeflected-SumatraLevkov et al. 20139-29/5-1018-193-5 per striae*--VietnamGlushchenko et al. 2017L. celebesica10.6-27.1/7.3-13.117-194-6 per striaeDeflectedhookedVietnamthis study11.5-39.0/11.5-39.018-21(4)5-6 per striaedeflectedhookedSulawesiLevkov et al. 2013L. nosybeana9-27/6.0-10.520-244-5 per striae, round to ellipticwith irregular “insect-antennae-like” or “butterfly-like” grooveshookedMadagascarBąk et al. 2019L. madagascarensis13.0-22.5/6.0-7.520-243-4 per striae, round to elliptic or slit-likewith L-shaped grooveshookedMadagascarBąk et al. 2019L. inserata12.2-33.5/8.2-14.015-204-5 per striae, round to elongated with small spines on marginbent with irregular thread-like grooveshookedVietnamthis study23-28/1218---SumatraHustedt 195518-28/10.0-13.516-195-6 per striae, round to elongateddeflectedhookedIndonesia, AustraliaLevkov et al. 201315-25/9-12204-6 per striae, round to elongated*--VietnamGlushchenko et al. 2017L. seposita16.8-24.4/9.5-12.414-174-5 per striae, round to slightly elongated areolaebent, with small C-shaped grooveshookedHainan Islandthis study23/1116-18-bentbent slightly S-shapedSulawesiHustedt 194218-24/10-1218-214-5 per striae, transapically elongatedHook-shapedhooked-Levkov et al. 2013L. tropica11.8-21.2/7.5-11.117-204-5 per striaeclearly bent with long irregular thread-like grooveshookedHainan Island, Vietnamthis study12-22/7-920---South AfricaCholnoky 196015.5-24.0/8-11-520-244-5 per striae, round to transversally elongatedBent and expanded into central poreshooked-Levkov et al. 201311-24/7-920-244-5 per striae*--VietnamGlushchenko et al. 20178.8-19.8/6.3-10.316-184-5 per striae, round or slightly elongated*slightly deflected with long irregular thread-like grooves*hooked*BrazilStraube et al. 2017