Solenicola
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Solenicola setigera is a species of marine stramenopile ranging between 4–7 µm in diameter with a complex feeding strategy. It’s ecological role within the marine planktonic food chain is generally as a grazer, feeding on photoautotrophic diatoms. It is a parasite of the species Leptocylindrus mediterraneus. S. setigera will grow on the frustule, the protective shell made of silica, of L. mediterraneus alongside the cyanobacteria ''Synechococcus'', which it may also eat. S. setigera combines herbivorous grazing, parasitism, and predation into its survival strategy.
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