Bacillaria paxillifer
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| Bacillaria paxillifer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Bacillariales |
| Family: | Bacillariaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillaria |
| Species: | B. paxillifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Bacillaria paxillifer (O. F. Müll.) Hendy (1951)[1] | |
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Bacillaria paxillifer (or Bacillaria paxillifera) is a colonial diatom species in the family Bacillariaceae.[2] Bacillaria paxillifer is homotypic with Bacillaria paradoxa, but B. paxillifera is the correct name.[3]
Bacillaria have a unique form of colonial motility among diatoms.[3] Individual cells (with their long axes parallel to one another) slide against their neighbors in a coordinated fashion, allowing the entire structure to expand or contract.[4]
