Prymnesium is a genus of haptophytes, including the speciesPrymnesium parvum.[2]
The genus is a unicellular motile alga. It is ellipsoidal in shape one flagellum is straight and there are two longer ones which enable movement.[3]
Prymnesium was likely first recognized and drawn (although not named as such) on July 1, 1920,[7] and then (seemingly independently) officially named shortly afterwards on July 6, 1920.[8]
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^Graham, Linda E.; Wilcox, Lee Warren (2000). Algae. Prentice Hall. p. 193. ISBN978-0-13-660333-7. Prymnesium (Gr. prymnesion, stern-cable) is a single-celled flagellate.