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, stock Ikk-2, cultured with 0.02% Hyponex and KCM (May 25 to July 15, 2004),
cell body 20 μm long, 7 μm wide,
x 640, Kaga city, Ishikawa Pref., Japan, 2000, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
