Cocconeis

Cocconeis
Cocconeis duplex
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Superphylum: Heterokonta
(unranked): SAR
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Subclass: Bacillariophycidae
Order: Achnanthales
Family: Cocconeidaceae
Genus: Cocconeis
Ehrenberg, 1837
Species

Several, including:

  • Cocconeis ceticola
  • Cocconeis duplex
  • Cocconeis elegans F. Ardissone
  • Cocconeis pinnata

Cocconeis is a genus of diatoms. Members of the genus are elliptically shaped diatoms.

Cladophora is frequently covered with Cocconeis. Individuals of Antarctic minke whales are often found with orange-brown to yellowish patches of Cocconeis ceticola on their bodies.

References

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