Chroomonas

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]

Chroomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Phylum:
Cryptophyta
Class:
Cryptophyceae
Order:
Pyrenomonadales
Family:
Chroomonadaceae
Genus:
Chroomonas

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

References
  1. 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.
  2. WoRMS (2009). "Chroomonas Hansgirg, 1885". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 18, 2010.


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