Chaetoceros danicus

Chaetoceros danicus is a marine unicellular species of diatom in the family Chaetocerotaceae, first described by Cleve in 1889. Individual cells of C. danicus do not form long chains, unlike most other species of Chaetoceros. It forms siliceous oozes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Chaetoceros danicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Diatomeae
Class:	Mediophyceae
Order:	Chaetocerotales
Family:	Chaetocerotaceae
Genus:	Chaetoceros
Species:	C. danicus
Binomial name
Chaetoceros danicus Cleve