Biology:Bacillaria paxillifer
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Short description: Species of single-celled organism
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Bacillariales |
| Family: | Bacillariaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillaria |
| Species: | B. paxillifer
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| Bacillaria paxillifer (O. F. Müll.) Hendy (1951)[1]
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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
- ↑ "Bacillaria". http://craticula.ncl.ac.uk/EADiatomKey/html/Bacillaria.html.
- ↑ "ITIS database". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=5301.
- ↑ Gordon, Richard (2016-01-22). "Partial synchronization of the colonial diatom Bacillaria "paradoxa"" (in en). Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e7869. doi:10.3897/rio.2.e7869. ISSN 2367-7163. https://riojournal.com/article/7869/element/4/2154056/.
Wikidata ☰ Q4838942 entry
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