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| Cryptomonads | |
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| Rhodomonas salina | |
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| Phylum: | Cryptophyta
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| Class: | Cryptophyceae
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Order Cryptomonadales | |
The Cryptomonads (or Cryptophyta) are a phylum of algae,[1] most of which have chloroplasts.
They are common in freshwater, and also occur in marine and brackish habitats. Each cell is around 10-50 μm in size and flattened in shape, with an anterior groove or pocket. At the edge of the pocket there are typically two slightly unequal flagella.
Some may exhibit mixotrophy,[2] using mixed sources of energy.
References
- ↑ Khan H, Archibald JM (May 2008). "Lateral transfer of introns in the cryptophyte plastid genome". Nucleic Acids Res. 36 (9): 3043–53. . . . http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18397952.
- ↑ "Cryptophyta - the cryptomonads". http://www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche/PSlife/lectures/Cryptophyta.html/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=412159&lvl=1. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
