Chroomonas

Chroomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Cryptophyta
Class:	Cryptophyceae
Order:	Pyrenomonadales
Family:	Chroomonadaceae
Genus:	Chroomonas; Hansgirg 1885
Type species
	Chroomonas nordstedtii; Hansgirg 1885
Synonyms
	Cyanomonas Büttner 1911 non Oltmanns 1904; Diplotricha Ehrenberg 1838 ex Ehrenberg 1866; Cryptomonas (Diplotricha) (Ehrenberg 1838) Diesing 1850;

Chroomonas is a genus of cryptophytes first described by Anton Hansgirg. It includes the species Chroomonas elegans, Chroomonas placoidea,^[1] Chroomonas baltica, Chroomonas guttula and Chroomonas vectensis.^[2]

References

^ Graeme A. Dunstan, Malcolm R. Brown & John K. Volkman (November 2005). "Cryptophyceae and Rhodophyceae; chemotaxonomy, phylogeny, and application". Phytochemistry. 66 (21): 2557–2570. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.08.015. PMID 16226285.
^ WoRMS (2009). "Chroomonas Hansgirg, 1885". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 18, 2010.

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