Bacillaria paxillifer
Bacillaria paxillifer | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | Bacillariales |
Family: | Bacillariaceae |
Genus: | Bacillaria |
Species: | B. paxillifer |
Binomial name | |
Bacillaria paxillifer (O. F. Müll.) Hendy (1951)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Bacillaria paxillifer is a colonial diatom species in the family Bacillariaceae.[2]
Colonies of this diatom are motile. Members (with their long axes parallel to one another) slide against their neighbors in a coordinated fashion, allowing the entire structure to expand or contract.[3]
- Bacillaria paxillifer
- Bacillaria paxillifer
References
[edit]- ^ "Bacillaria". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ^ "ITIS database". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ Gordon, Richard (2016-01-22). "Partial synchronization of the colonial diatom Bacillaria "paradoxa"". Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2: e7869. doi:10.3897/rio.2.e7869. ISSN 2367-7163.