Genus: Thalassionema | Diatom

Order: Bacillariales
Family: Thalassionemataceae

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Description: Cells attached together by mucilage pads at their ends into stellate and/or zig-zag-like colonies.

Cell Size: Length (apical axis) = 10-80um, Width (pervalvar) = 2-4um

Distribution: Neritic, cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters.