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Frustules wedge-shaped in girdle view showing conspicuous septa at both poles. Valves small, heteropolar, typically clavate with a broadly rounded, non-protracted headpole and an acutely terminating footpole. Septa visible in LM and SEM on both poles. Valve dimensions (n=50): length 6.017.5 μm, width 1.73.1 μm. Axial area very narrow, not discernible in LM. Central area very small. Raphe filiform, straight with simple, indistinct proximal raphe endings. Distal raphe endings not discernible in LM. Striae almost parallel throughout the entire valve, very faintly visible in LM,
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. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm.
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<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24BBFF8C1FE29C73D" box="[440,510,1876,1901]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Valve face flat in both valves with a clear angle to the very shallow mantle (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24F7DF8C1FF40C7C1" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Figs 3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24AA0F8EDFF60C7C1" box="[167,183,1912,1937]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">7</figureCitation>
). The mantle is equally high in its distal and proximal part but larger in the central part (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24EC5F8EDFADEC7C1" box="[1218,1289,1912,1937]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Pseudosepta absent (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24AE7F809FE53C7E5" box="[224,388,1948,1973]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Figs 9, 10, 12</figureCitation>
). Axial area very narrow, linear (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC248F8F809FCBFC7E5" box="[767,872,1948,1973]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Figs 46</figureCitation>
). Central area very small, bordered on one or both sides by one slightly shortened central stria (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24879F855FD31C789" box="[638,742,1984,2009]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 712" captionStartId-0="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionStartId-1="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox-0="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId-0="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetId-1="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionText-0="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." captionText-1="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Figs 47</figureCitation>
). Fascia never present (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC249E8F855FBE3C789" box="[1007,1076,1984,2009]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). External raphe branches almost straight to very weakly curving (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24BF8F871FDB0C7AD" box="[511,615,2020,2045]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Figs 46</figureCitation>
). External proximal raphe endings slightly expanded, unilaterally weakly deflected (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D38FFC24B07F79DFE91C871" box="[256,326,2056,2081]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). External distal raphe fissures elongated, weakly deflected, continuing shortly onto the mantle on both poles (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34B0FFF35FE98C0E9" box="[264,335,160,185]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34B5DFF35FEBDC0E9" box="[346,362,160,185]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">7</figureCitation>
). Striae uniseriate, equally spaced throughout the entire valve, composed of a series of 35 slightly transapically elongated areolae (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34BE8FF51FD83C08D" box="[495,596,196,221]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 712" captionStartId-0="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionStartId-1="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox-0="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId-0="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetId-1="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionText-0="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." captionText-1="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 47</figureCitation>
). Areolae bordering the axial area being the largest (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34E92FF51FB0FC08D" box="[1173,1240,196,221]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Striae continuing without interruption onto the shallow mantle (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34884FF7DFD3FC151" box="[643,744,232,257]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 712" captionStartId-0="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionStartId-1="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox-0="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId-0="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetId-1="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionText-0="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." captionText-1="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 47</figureCitation>
). Apical pore field absent on both poles (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34EAEFF7DFADCC151" box="[1193,1291,232,257]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 4, 6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34F11FF7DFAF1C151" box="[1302,1318,232,257]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">8</figureCitation>
). Internally, raphe straight to weakly curved, positioned asymmetrically in a raised raphe sternum (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34E4AFE99FB15C175" box="[1101,1218,268,293]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 912</figureCitation>
). Primary side of the sternum thickened, opening the raphe in a lateral position (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34928FEA5FC71C119" box="[815,934,304,329]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 912</figureCitation>
). Proximal raphe endings covered by a silica flap and distal raphe endings straight, terminating on weakly developed helictoglossae (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34E5CFEC1FB07C13D" box="[1115,1232,340,365]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 912</figureCitation>
). Areolae internally slightly sunken between thickened interstriae, covered by hymenes (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC349A4FEEDFBFCC1C1" box="[931,1067,376,401]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 11, 12</figureCitation>
). Cingulum composed of a large number (up to 12) of open copulae, each with one row of apically elongated, slit-like poroids in the advalvar position (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34A97FE55FF24C189" box="[144,243,448,473]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="5.[136,243,1851,1872]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,635,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-195@5.[164,1424,635,1826]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 16. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 1. Three frustules of Chelonicola attached to the substrate together with one frustule (upper one) of Poulinea. 2. Several valves of Chelonicola attached to the substrate showing their valve face and the girdle composition. 3. One frustule attached to the substrate by a mucilaginous stalk. The girdle structure composed of at least 10 bands is shown. 4. Valve face view showing the head pole with the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 5. External detail of the central area showing the lack of fascia and the stria structure. 6. External detail of a head pole showing the distal raphe fissure. Scale bar represents 10 μm except for Figs 5, 6 where scale bar = 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633148" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633148/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Figs 3, 4</figureCitation>
&amp;
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34B11FE55FEF1C189" box="[278,294,448,473]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">7</figureCitation>
). First band, the valvocopula, with a small, but distinct septum at the head pole (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34EA9FE55FB25C189" box="[1198,1266,448,473]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Second copula with a small septum at the footpole (
<figureCitation id="13772A4B5D39FFC34826FE71FDA3C1AD" box="[545,628,484,509]" captionStart="FIGURES 712" captionStartId="6.[136,243,1627,1648]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetId="figure-150@6.[151,1436,491,1602]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 712. Chelonicola costaricensis. SEM pictures taken from the holotype population from the olive ridley sea turtle carapace collected on Ostional Beach, Costa Rica. 7. External valve face view showing the mantle and the areolae. 8. External detail of a footpole showing the absence of an apical pore field and the distal raphe fissure continuing onto the mantle. 9 &amp; 10. Internal views of an entire valve showing the raphe sternum, the septate girdle bands and the covered areolae. 11. Internal detail of the central area. 12. Internal detail of the footpole with helictoglossa. Scale bar represents 1 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633152" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13633152/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
). Other copulae lacking a septum.
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<emphasis id="B938EADC5D39FFC34ABAFD9DFEE9C271" bold="true" box="[189,318,520,545]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Etymology</emphasis>
:—The specific epithet refers to the geographical locality,
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, where the species was first observed.
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