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: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cryptomonas,
cell body 21 μm long, 11 μm wide,
embedded within gelatinous material,
x 640, Omoi river, Oyama city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, February 8, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
