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    Phaeodactylum tricornutum

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    Commons candidate labeled Phaeodactylum tricornutum; subject review pending. Framed for display
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    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. PhylumBacillariophyta
    4. ClassBacillariophyceae
    5. OrderSurirellales
    6. FamilyNeidiaceae
    7. GenusPhaeodactylum
    8. SpeciesPhaeodactylum tricornutum
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Sar clade
    4. Stramenopiles clade
    5. Ochrophyta clade
    6. Bacillariophyta phylum
    7. Bacillariophyceae class
    8. Bacillariophycidae clade
    9. Surirellales order
    10. Neidiineae suborder
    11. Neidiaceae family
    12. Phaeodactylum genus
    13. Phaeodactylum tricornutum species

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    Commons candidate labeled Phaeodactylum tricornutum; subject review pending. Framed for display
    Species · Phaeodactylum

    Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a pennate diatom used to study photosynthetic marine eukaryotes. Its variable cell shapes and distinctive genome show that the …

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