Komma
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| Komma caudata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Phylum: | Cryptophyta |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Pyrenomonadales |
| Family: | Chroomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Komma D. R. A. Hill, 1991 |
| Species: | K. caudata |
| Binomial name | |
| Komma caudata (L. Geitler) D. R. A. Hill |
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Chroomonas acuta Utermöhl, 1925 |
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Komma caudata is a cryptomonad, and the only described species in the genus Komma, although four or five more species may exist.[2] Its cells are 4.5–5.5 μm wide by 7–10 μm long and bear two unequal flagella.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gianfranco Novarino (2002). "Phylum Cryptophyta". In D. M. John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook. The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae, Volume 1. Cambridge University Press. pp. 180–185. ISBN 9780521770514. http://books.google.com/?id=Sc4897dfM_MC&pg=PA181.
- ^ "Komma D.R.A.Hill, 1991: 137". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. July 3, 2006. http://www.algaebase.org/generadetail.lasso?genus_id=45715. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
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