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Skeletonema grethae

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Superphylum
  
Heterokonta

Family
  
Skeletonemataceae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Bacillariophyceae

Genus
  
Skeletonema marinoi

Order
  
Thalassiosirales

Similar
  
Skeletonema marinoi, Skeletonema costatum, Karenia brevis, Karenia, Thalassiosira weissflogii

Skeletonema grethae is a species of diatom. Together with S. pseudocostatum, S. tropicum, and S. japonicum, it possesses external processes of its fultoportulae that have narrow tips which connect with those of sibling cells via fork-, knot-, or knuckle-like unions.

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Skeletonema grethae Wikipedia