Chilomonas

Chilomonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Cryptista
Division: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Cryptomonadales
Family: Cryptomonadaceae
Genus: Chilomonas
Ehrenberg ex Ralfs, 1831 
Type species
Chilomonas paramecium
Ehrenberg 1831
Synonyms
  • Chilomonas (Euchilomonas) Diesing 1850
  • Chilomonas (Plagiomastix) Diesing 1850
  • Plagiomastix (Diesing 1850) Diesing 1866
Chilomonas, illustration

Chilomonas is a genus of freshwater cryptophytes, including the species Chilomonas paramecium. Members of this genus are osmotrophic heterotrophs possessing leucoplasts but not pigmented plastids. The periplastidial compartment contains multiple nucleomorphs.

References

  1. ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Chilomonas". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
  2. ↑ Bowen KR, Flanagan KB, Acree WE, Abraham MH (October 2006). "Correlating toxicities of organic compounds to select protozoa using the Abraham model". Sci. Total Environ. 369 (1–3): 109–18. Bibcode:2006ScTEn.369..109B. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.05.008. PMID 16759684.
  3. 1 2 Lee, John. J.; Leedale, Gordon F.; Bradbury, Phyllis, eds. (2000). An illustrated guide to the Protozoa (2nd ed.). Society of Protozoologists; Allen Press Inc. ISBN 1-891276-22-0.