Bacillaria paxillifer

Bacillaria paxillifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromista
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Bacillariales
Family:	Bacillariaceae
Genus:	Bacillaria
Species:	B. paxillifer
Binomial name
	Bacillaria paxillifer; (O. F. Müll.) Hendy (1951)[1]
Synonyms
	Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin; Nitzschia paradoxa;

Bacillaria paxillifer is a 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]

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"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] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[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.