Chroomonas

Chroomonas
Chroomonas sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Cryptophyta
Class:	Cryptophyceae
Order:	Pyrenomonadales
Family:	Chroomonadaceae
Genus:	Chroomonas Hansgirg 1885
Type species
Chroomonas nordstedtii Hansgirg 1885
Synonyms
Cyanomonas Büttner 1911 non Oltmanns 1904 Diplotricha Ehrenberg 1838 ex Ehrenberg 1866 Cryptomonas (Diplotricha) (Ehrenberg 1838) Diesing 1850

Chroomonas is a genus of cryptophytes first described by Anton Hansgirg. It includes the species Chroomonas elegans, Chroomonas placoidea,[1] Chroomonas baltica, Chroomonas guttula and Chroomonas vectensis.[2]

References

1. Graeme A. Dunstan, Malcolm R. Brown & John K. Volkman (November 2005). "Cryptophyceae and Rhodophyceae; chemotaxonomy, phylogeny, and application". Phytochemistry. 66 (21): 2557–2570. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.08.015. PMID 16226285.
2. WoRMS (2009). "Chroomonas Hansgirg, 1885". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 July 2010.