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 |
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B. paxillifer
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Binomial name | |
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]
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