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Organisms categorized within the genus Pleurosigma appear all over the world, regardless of location. The genus is one of the larger groups of diatoms, containing hundred of different species and also making it very difficult to identify exact taxonomy of organisms.
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromobiota
Infrakingdom Heterokonta
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Order Naviculales
Family Pleurosigmataceae
Genus Pleurosigma
Species sp.? possibly P. angulatum
Common Name: Diatom
Other members of the Phylum Bacillariophyta
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