Cocconeis
Genus of single-celled organisms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Several, including:
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Cocconeis duplex
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.
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