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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:


Cryptomonas sp.?, cell body 24 μm long, 12 μm wide, x 400, Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Cryptomonas Cryptomonas


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