Cryptophyceae

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf class of algae
gptkbp:cellType unicellular
gptkbp:cellWallComponent no true cell wall
gptkbp:color reddish
brownish
bluish
gptkbp:commonName cryptomonads
gptkbp:describedYear 1831
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Christian_Gottfried_Ehrenberg
gptkbp:distribution worldwide
gptkbp:ecologicalRole primary producer
gptkbp:flagella two unequal flagella
gptkbp:genomeSense contains nucleomorph genome
gptkbp:habitat freshwater
marine environments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cryptophyceae
gptkbp:importantFor used in aquaculture
food source for zooplankton
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Chromista
gptkbp:motility motile
gptkbp:notableGenus Chroomonas
Cryptomonas
Hemiselmis
Rhodomonas
gptkbp:nucleomorph present
gptkbp:order gptkb:Cryptomonadales
gptkbp:photosynthesisType gptkb:chlorophyll_c
chlorophyll a
phycobiliproteins
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Cryptophyta
gptkbp:plastidOrigin secondary endosymbiosis
gptkbp:reproduction asexual
sexual
gptkbp:size small (typically 10-50 micrometers)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guillardia_theta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7