Cryptophyceae
[= Cryptophyta]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Chromalveolata
Single-celled with two flagellae and, except for
Goniomonas, with chloroplasts. Found in a wide variety of moist places ranging from algal blooms in the
sea and on beaches, to freshwater, to intestinal parasites in animals.
Classification
Cryptomonadales
Genera: Campylomonas, Chroomonas, Cryptomonas, Hemiselmis, Rhodomonas. |
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Goniomonadales
One genus: Goniomonas. |
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Publications
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Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G., Farmer, M.A., Andersen, R.A.,
Anderson, O.R., Barta, J.R., Bowser, S.S., Brugerolle, G., Fensome, R.A.,
Fredericq, S., James, T.Y., Karpov, S., Kugrens, P., Krug, J., Lane, C.E.,
Lewis, L.A., Lodge, J., Lynn, D.H., Mann, D.G., McCourt, R.M., Mendoza, L.,
Moestrup, Ø., Mozley-Standridge, S.E., Nerad, T.A., Shearer, C.A., Smirnov,
A.V., Spiegel, F.W. and Taylor, M.F.J.R. 2005. The new higher level
classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists.
Eukaryote Microbiology 52(5): 399-451.
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