Directory of Cryptophyta Resources

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Phylum of unicellular flagellates which botanists treat as a separate division, Cryptophyta, but which zoologists treat as the flagellate order Cryptomonadida. Some photosynthetic species form commensal relationships with marine corals to their mutual benefit.

Resources in This Category

• Cryptomonad

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptophyta
  Information from Wikipedia on this small group of flagellates, most of which have chloroplasts.

• The Mystery of the Foam on the Sea Shore

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr01/foam.html
  Article by Wim van Egmond on the microscopic alga Phaeocystis, which forms part of the phytoplankton and is believed to be the cause of foam on the sea.

 

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