Skeletonemataceae
Skeletonemataceae is a family of diatoms in the order Thalassiosirales. There is currently only one known genera in this family of diatoms known as Skeletonema as reported from diatom.org.[2] Being from the thalassiosirales order means that skeletonemataceae are centric diatoms.
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| Skeletonema costatum | |
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The sexual reproduction of oogamous is where reproduction occurs by the union of mobile male and immobile female gametes.[3] This way of reproduction is possible due to the lack of significant motility which is also a defining trait of Skeletonema.
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- The planktonic diatoms of northern seas. MV Lebour, 1930
- "Skeletonema | Genera - Diatoms of North America". diatoms.org. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- "Definition of oogamous | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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