Cryptochrysis
Cryptochrysis Pascher
[ref. ID; 1618]
Furrow indistinctly granulated; two or more chormatophores brownish, olive-green, or dark green, rarely red; pyrenoid central; 2 equal flagella; some lose flagella and may assume amoeboid form; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
- Cryptochrysis commutata Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)
- Cryptochrysis polychrysis Pascher (ref. ID; 3497)
Descriptions
Bean-shaped; 2 chromatophores. (ref. ID; 1618)
Measurements
19 by 10 um. (ref. ID; 1618)
Descriptions
The ovate body flattened dorso-ventrally and carrying two equal flagella, has a single furrow on the ventral side, an apparent vacuole in the anterior portion and many discoidal brown chromatophores which are characteristic to this species. The fresh water form has rather small greenish chromatophores. (ref. ID; 3497)
Measurements
Length 15-20 um; breadth 9-10 um. The fresh water form is more or less large, being 20-25 um in length and 10-14 um in breadth. (ref. ID; 3497)