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bacteriastrum

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bacteriastrum

Genus: Bacteriastrum | Diatom

Common West Coast species: B. cosmosum, B. hylinum

Order: Biddulphiales

Family: Chaetocerotaceae

bacteriastrum 

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Description: Cylindrical cells bound together by the fusion of numerous setae that are regularly arranged around the cell margin. Cells have numerous small round chloroplasts. Setae are of varying shapes (branched, divided, curved).

Cell Size: Diameter 5-15um

Distribution: Temperate, coastal waters.

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