矽藻殼(英語:frustule)又稱矽殼、矽質殼,是矽藻堅硬且具孔洞的外殼(細胞壁),經生物礦化產生,其成分大多為矽,表面並覆有數種多醣[1](早期文獻稱其表面物質成分為果膠[2][3])。矽藻殼孔洞的大小與形狀多樣,大小介於250至600奈米之間[4][5][6]。有些屬的矽藻殼內表面有往內部空腔延伸的脊狀結構,稱為假隔膜(pseudoseptum)[7],溝鏈藻科矽藻的假隔膜又被稱為ringleist[8]。
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