Bacillaria paxillifer
Bacillaria paxillifer is a colonial diatom species in the family Bacillariaceae.[2]
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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] | |
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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
- "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.
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