silicoflagellaten.
/ˌsɪlɪkəʊˈfladʒəleɪt/ A marine flagellate of the family Silicoflagellidæ, distinguished by a siliceous skeleton and radiating spines.
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silicoflagellate1906
1906 M. Hartog in Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. iii. 86 The Silicoflagellate family Dictyochidae..have a skeleton of a similar nature.
1961 R. D. Manwell Introd. Protozool. iii. 29 Living silicoflagellates are almost exclusively marine and pelagic in habit.
1978 Nature 16 Mar. 244/2 Apart from being an important structural component of diatoms and silicoflagellates..it [sc. silicon] is necessary for DNA polymerase activity in diatoms.
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