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Description:
Rhizosolenia (rye-so-so-lean-ee-a) setigera, one of the common genera of marine phytoplantkonic diatoms, a centric diatom in which the valves, at the ends of the cells, are conical and give rise to spines. Much of the long cylindrical body is enclosed with hoop-shaped girdle bands. Phase contrast microscopy.
data on this strain.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
- Coscinodiscophyceae
- Rhizosoleniophycidae
- Rhizosoleniales
- Rhizosoleniaceae
- Rhizosolenia
- Rhizosolenia setigera
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