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Skeletonema dohrnii

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Superphylum
  
Heterokonta

Family
  
Skeletonemataceae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Bacillariophyceae

Genus
  
Skeletonema marinoi

Order
  
Thalassiosirales

Similar
  
Skeletonema marinoi, Skeletonema costatum, Immortal jellyfish, Thalassiosira weissflogii, Nitzschia

Skeletonema dohrnii is a diatom. Together with S. marinoi, this species has flattened extremities of the processes of the fultoportulae, which interlock with those of succeeding valves without forming knuckles.

References

Skeletonema dohrnii Wikipedia