pennate in English
adjective
1
(of a diatom) bilaterally symmetrical.
The major source of the spring diatom pulse was Skeletonema potamos and a variety of centric and pennate diatoms.
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1. Unlike pennate diatoms, centric diatoms never have a raphe.