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Navicula Scientific classification Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Heterokontophyta Class: Bacillariophyceae Order: Naviculales Family: Naviculaceae Genus: Navicula Navicula is a genus of boat-shaped microbes (microorganisms) that are a type of Phytoplankton or algae — primarily aquatic, eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms, ranging in size from a single cell.
Navicula is a diatom. The Navicula genus of diatoms comprises more than 10,000 species. Navicula is Latin for "small ship", and also a term in English for a boat-shaped incense-holder.[1]
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- ^ OED, "Navicula. 3"
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