Superphylum Heterokonta Family Skeletonemataceae Rank Species | Class Bacillariophyceae Genus Skeletonema marinoi | |
Similar Skeletonema marinoi, Skeletonema costatum, Thalassiosira weissflogii, Chaetoceros | ||
Skeletonema japonicum is a diatom. Together with S. pseudocostatum, S. tropicum, and S. grethae, 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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