Chaetoceros diadema
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| Chaetoceros diadema | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Diatomeae |
| Class: | Mediophyceae |
| Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
| Genus: | Chaetoceros |
| Species: | C. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetoceros diadema (Ehrenberg) Gran (1897) | |
Chaetoceros diadema is a diatom in the genus Chaetoceros. The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic diadem-like resting spores.
Cells united into chains. Very characteristic, diadem - like spores (see species image). One chloroplast. The base of the setae is short.[1]
Similar species
Chaetoceros constrictus is quite similar in the vegetative stage, but its resting spores are different from C. diadema resting spores .
