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 13 μm long, 14 μm wide,
x 640, Izumi-no-mori-koen (Fountain forest park), Yamato city, Kanagawa Pref., Japan, March 2003 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cryptomonas,
cell body 13 μm long, 14 μm wide,
x 640, Izumi-no-mori-koen (Fountain forest park), Yamato city, Kanagawa Pref., Japan, March 2003 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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