Komma caudata

Komma caudata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Division:	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
Synonyms
	Chroomonas acuta Utermöhl, 1925

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]

References

^ ^a ^b Gianfranco Novarino (2002). "Phylum Cryptophyta". In D. M. John; Brian A. Whitton; Alan J. Brook (eds.). 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 978-0-521-77051-4.
^ "Komma D.R.A.Hill, 1991: 137". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. July 3, 2006. Retrieved July 18, 2010.

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[Novarino-1] Gianfranco Novarino (2002). "Phylum Cryptophyta". In D. M. John; Brian A. Whitton; Alan J. Brook (eds.). 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 978-0-521-77051-4.

[2] "Komma D.R.A.Hill, 1991: 137". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. July 3, 2006. Retrieved July 18, 2010.

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