centric frustule
Description:
Coscinodiscus (coss-co-no-disc-us) a centric diatom, seen from valve view. This is an empty frustule of a large marine species. The pattern of pores in the frustule is used in identification. Marine. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
- Coscinodiscophyceae
- Coscinodiscophycidae
- Coscinodiscales
- Coscinodiscaceae
- Coscinodiscus
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