Cocconeis is a genus of diatoms. Members of the genus are elliptically shaped diatoms.
Cocconeis | |
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Cocconeis sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | Achnanthales |
Family: | Cocconeidaceae |
Genus: | Cocconeis Ehrenberg, 1837 |
Species | |
Several, including: |
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The green alga Cladophora is frequently covered with Cocconeis, as are individuals of Antarctic minke whales, often found with orange-brown to yellowish patches of Cocconeis ceticola on their bodies.
References
edit- Riaux-Gobin, C. et al. 2014: Cocconeis pinnata W. Gregory ex Greville (Bacillariophyta): Lectotypification and an emended description after examination of type material and South Pacific specimens. Phytotaxa 156 (3), pages 81–99, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.156.3.1
External links
edit- Data related to Cocconeis at Wikispecies
- Media related to Cocconeis at Wikimedia Commons
- "Cocconeis" at the Encyclopedia of Life