Cocconeis

Cocconeis is a genus of diatoms. Members of the genus are elliptically shaped diatoms.

Cocconeis
Cocconeis sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Achnanthales
Family:	Cocconeidaceae
Genus:	Cocconeis Ehrenberg, 1837
Species
Several, including: Cocconeis ceticola Cocconeis duplex Cocconeis elegans F. Ardissone Cocconeis pinnata

Cocconeis duplex

The green alga Cladophora is frequently covered with Cocconeis, as are individuals of Antarctic minke whales, often found with orange-brown to yellowish patches of Cocconeis ceticola on their bodies.