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Category
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Class
Coscinodiscophyceae
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Order
Thalassiosirales
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Family
Skeletonemataceae
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CAS
Spaulding, S.,
Edlund, M.
(2008).
Skeletonema.
In Diatoms of North America.
Retrieved June 08, 2023, from https://diatoms.org/genera/skeletonema
Centric
Skeletonema
- Valves lightly silicified
- Elongate tubular processes link cells to form colonies
The lightly silicified valves of Skeletonema often collapse when dried and dissolve with standard processing methods. The tubular processes around the top of the mantle link frustules into long colonies. A marginal fultoportula lies at the base of each tubular process. Occasionally, valves produce a ring of flattened processes instead of...