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 sp.,
cell body 18 μm long, 9 μm wide,
x 640, Sendabori, Matsudo city, Chiba Pref., Japan, January 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
