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Scientific Name: Chroomonas sp. Hansgirg, 1885
Photo: Sally Anderson (GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Cryptomonadales
Family: Hemiselmidaceae
Description:
The color ranges from blue to cyan to green, which is influenced by the concentration of phycocyanin. The organism alternates between a photosynthetic biflagellate stage and mucilaginous palmelloid colonies. It possesses a tubular gullet lined with two to four rows of ejectisomes. There is typically one chloroplast and pyrenoid, with the potential presence of a stigma. Asexual reproduction solely occurs through simple cell divisio
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Grow in marine as well as freshwater habitats.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish, Marine
Main References:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.
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