Mediolabrus comicus
| Mediolabrus comicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Thalassiosirophyceae |
| Order: | Thalassiosirales |
| Family: | Thalassiosiraceae |
| Genus: | Mediolabrus |
| Species: | M. comicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mediolabrus comicus (H.Takano) Yang Li
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| Synonyms | |
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Minidiscus comicus | |
Mediolabrus comicus, known previously as Minidiscus comicus, is a species of nanophytoplanktonic centric diatoms within the family Thalassiosiraceae. Its cells have diameters as small as 1.9 μm, which makes M. comicus one of the smallest known diatoms and brings it near to the theoretical lower size limit for photosynthetic eukaryotes.