Cryptophyceae

Cryptophytes
Rhodomonas salina
Scientific classification
(incertae sedis within Eukaryota)
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Cryptista
Superclass:
Cryptomonada
Class:
Cryptophyceae
Orders
Synonyms
  • Cryptomonada Senn 1900
  • Cryptomonadinae Pascher 1913
  • Cryptomonadophyceae Pascher ex Schoenichem 1925

The cryptophyceae are a class of algae,[1] most of which have plastids. About 230 species are known,[2] and 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 exhibit mixotrophy.[3]

  1. ^ Khan H, Archibald JM (May 2008). "Lateral transfer of introns in the cryptophyte plastid genome". Nucleic Acids Res. 36 (9): 3043–53. doi:10.1093/nar/gkn095. PMC 2396441. PMID 18397952.
  2. ^ Cryptophyceae - :: Algaebase
  3. ^ "Cryptophyta - the cryptomonads". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-02.