Cocconeis
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Cocconeis is a genus of diatoms. Members of the genus are elliptically shaped diatoms.
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| Cocconeis | |
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| Cocconeis sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Cocconeidales |
| 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.
