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 42 μm long, 24 μm wide,
x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Omine, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.5/6, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Omine, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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