Cryptophyceae:
Cryptomonadales: Cryptomonadaceae
Cryptomonadida
Cryptomonas sp.
Ehrenberg
Genus: Elliptical body with a firm pellicle; dorsal side convex,
ventral side slightly flat; "cytopharynx" with granules; two lateral chromatophores
(chloroplasts) vary in color from green to blue-green, brown or rarely red; 1-3 contractile
vacuoles anterior (Kudo, 1966).
Cell body elongated ovoid or elliptical; cytopharynx conspicuous; three rows of ejectisome (trichocysts)
(Yamagishi, 1999).
Species:
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Similar genus -->> Chroomonas;
Chilomonas;
Cryptomonas sp.,
cell body 48 μm long, 24 μm wide, L/W=2.0,
x 640, No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cryptomonas,
cell body 51 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=2.0,
flagella about 25 μm long,
x 640, No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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