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Description:
Stephanopyxis (steff-ann-o-pick-sus) palmeriana, a filament-forming centric diatom in which the cells are linked together by processes arising from the valves - as shown here. The golden plastids contain chlorophylls a and c, but more significantly with carotenoids such as fucoxanthin which provide the distinctive colour. Differential interference microscopy.
data on this strain.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
- Coscinodiscophyceae
- Coscinodiscophycidae
- Melosirales
- Stephanopyxidaceae
- Stephanopyxis
- Stephanopyxis palmeriana
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