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Homotryblium giganteum

From Fensome et al., 2019:
Homotryblium giganteum Salujha and Kindra, 1981, p.50–51, pl.2, fig.42. Holotype: Salujha and Kindra, 1981, pl.2, fig.42. Jain and Garg (1982, p.69) recommended that this name be restricted to the holotype. Age: Danian.

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Original description: [Salujha and Kindra, 1951]:

Homotryblium giganteum sp. nov.
Diagnosis and description: Brown, almost circular, size +/- 180 μ (including processes) ; processes very long, 32-45 μ, narrowing in the middle and widening at the tips, processes furcating into 2-3 branches which again furcate at the tips; exine 2-2.5 μ thick, bearing broad retriculations, muri +/- 2 μ wide with hexagonal lumina, foveola present in the luminar portion.
COMPARISON : The present species distinguishes in its largest size with longest processes and broad meshwork on the membrane.
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