Bacillaria paxillifer

Bacillaria paxillifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Bacillariales
Family:	Bacillariaceae
Genus:	Bacillaria
Species:	B. paxillifer
Binomial name
	Bacillaria paxillifer; (O. F. Müll.) Hendy (1951)
Synonyms
	Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin; Nitzschia paradoxa;

Bacillaria paxillifer is a colonial diatom species in the family Bacillariaceae.^[2]

Colonies of this diatom are motile. Members (with their long axes parallel to one another) slide against their neighbors in a coordinated fashion, allowing the entire structure to expand or contract.^[3]

Bacillaria paxillifer
Bacillaria paxillifer

References

^ "Bacillaria". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
^ "ITIS database". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
^ Gordon, Richard (2016-01-22). "Partial synchronization of the colonial diatom Bacillaria "paradoxa"". Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2: e7869. doi:10.3897/rio.2.e7869. ISSN 2367-7163.

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[1] "Bacillaria". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-21.

[2] "ITIS database". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-21.

[3] Gordon, Richard (2016-01-22). "Partial synchronization of the colonial diatom Bacillaria "paradoxa"". Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2: e7869. doi:10.3897/rio.2.e7869. ISSN 2367-7163.

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