Skeletonemataceae
Proposed family of diatoms
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Skeletonemataceae is a proposed family of centric diatoms in the order Thalassiosirales. There is currently only one living and one fossil genus in this family.[2] Their sexual reproduction is oogamous, where reproduction occurs by the union of mobile male and immobile female gametes.[3] They lack significant motility.
| Skeletonemataceae | |
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| Skeletonema costatum | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Thalassiosirophyceae |
| Order: | Thalassiosirales |
| Family: | Skeletonemataceae Lebour, 1930, sensu emend.[1] |
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Skeletonemaceae | |
