| Chaetoceros diadema | |
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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: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
| Genus: | Chaetoceros |
| Species: | C. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetoceros diadema (Ehrenberg) Gran (1897) | |
Chaetoceros diadema is a diatom in the genus Chaetoceros. The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic diadem-like resting spores.
Species description
Cells united into chains. Very characteristic, diadem - like spores (see species image). One chloroplast. The base of the setae is short.
Similar species
Chaetoceros constrictus is quite similar in the vegetative stage, but its resting spores are different from C. diadema resting spores .
References
- Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press.
Further reading
Jakobsen, Rasmus; Hansen, Per Juel; Daugbjerg, Niels; Andersen, Nikolaj Gedsted (June 2012). "The fish-killing dictyochophyte Pseudochattonella farcimen: Adaptations leading to bloom formation during early spring in Scandinavian waters". Harmful Algae. 18: 85–95. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2012.04.008.
External links
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| Chaetoceros diadema | |
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