Diacronema
Diacronema is a genus of haptophytes.
| Diacronema | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Phylum: | Haptista |
| Subphylum: | Haptophytina |
| Class: | Pavlovophyceae |
| Order: | Pavlovales |
| Family: | Pavlovaceae |
| Genus: | Diacronema Prauser, 1958 |
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It includes the species Diacronema vlkianum.
The Diacronema genus also includes the marine alga Diacronema lutheri. D. lutheri is a flagellated mobile microalga. It has two apical flagella of different lengths and a haptonema. D.lutheri is capable of producing a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). This characteristic is therefore widely used to feed bivalve molluscs, crustaceans and fish.
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