Stellate

Stellate refers to an object having the shape of a star or having similar parts radiating from a common center. For example, cells of the genus Asterionella form stellate colonies.

Citations

Barber, H.G. and Haworth, E.Y. (1981) Guide to the Morphology of the Diatom Frustule Freshwater Biological Association, 112 pp.
Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. and Mann, D.G. (1990) The Diatoms. Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 747 pp.

Asterionella Guide Stellate — A stellate colony of eight *Asterionella* cells. The arrow indicates the point where two cells connect.