| Chaetoceros diadema | |
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| Chaetoceros diadema | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Phylum: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Centrales |
| Suborder: | Biddulphiineae |
| Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
| Genus: | Chaetoceros |
| Species: | C. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetoceros diadema ((Ehrenberg) Gran, 1897) |
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Chaetoceros diadema is a diatom in the genus Chaetoceros. The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic diadem-like resting spores.
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Cells united into chains. Very characteristic spores. One chloroplast. Base of setae is short[1].
Chaetoceros constrictus is quite similar in the vegetative stage, but its resting spores are different from C. diadema resting spores .