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Cryptomonas (crypt-oh-moan-ass), a common genus of cryptomonad flagellates with chloroplasts. There are two flagella which insert into a groove which opens subapically (the dent near the front of the cell is where is opens). The flagella can be seen upper left. Special extrusomes (ejectisomes) form a little cluster around the flagellar pocket (the pocket can not be seen). Off green chloroplasts, and the orange pink item to the right side is a crystalline inclusion encountered in many cryptomonads. With numerous small polysaccharide inclusions. Differential Interference Contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Cryptista
- Cryptophyta
- Cryptomonadales
- Cryptomonadaceae
- Cryptomonas
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