Bacillaria paxillifer

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

Bacillaria paxillifer
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin
  • Nitzschia paradoxa

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]

References

  1. "Bacillaria". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  2. "ITIS database". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. 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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