Cryptomonas obovata
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| Cryptomonas obovata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Superclass: | Cryptomonada |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Cryptomonadales |
| Family: | Cryptomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptomonas |
| Species: | C. obovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptomonas obovata Skuja, 1948 | |
Cryptomonas obovata is a cryptomonad, and one of the species included in the genus Cryptomonas. It differs from other species by lacking pyrenoids.[1] Instead, it has a large number of starch granules distributed throughout its cell.[2]
