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English: Representation of Protocryptomonas mukdenensis. This organism belongs to the family Cryptomonadaceae and is poorly known because only Skvortsov's original illustrations survive. References and Skvortsov's work are provided later. Formally, this organism lacks chloroplasts; instead, it possesses a large starch granule almost as wide as the cell and half its length; two flagella, the secondary one nearly the same length as the cell, and the primary one twice the length of the cell; a central nucleus; and a contractile vacuole near the flagellar bases. Other structures known to exist in other cryptomonad algae—such as the vestibulum, reticulated mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus—have speculative forms in this illustration, hence their inclusion in transparent text and more transparent marker lines. |
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| Author | Dotkamina |
You can find another version of this image on the blog. There you'll also find the references I consulted for creating this resource (though I've listed them below anyway), and the logic and decisions I made in creating the illustration. The purpose of this illustration is more educational than realistic; the colors don't necessarily correspond to reality.
References list:
- A Companion to the Identification of Cryptomonad Flagellates (Cryptophyceae = Cryptomonadea). Gianfranco Novarino. 2003. Hydrobiologia 502(1):225-270. DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000004284.12535.25
- Algae Novae et Minus Cognitae Chinae Boreali-Orientalis 2. Flagellatae Prope Oppidum Mukden in Anno 1957 Collectarum. B. V. Skvortzov. 1960. Bulletin of Botanical Research. 1-8 pp.
- Protocryptomonas Skvortsov ex C.E.M.Bicudo, 1989. AlgaeBase (formerly "E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M"). 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- Validation of the generic name Protocryptomonas (Cryptophyceae: Cryptomonadaceae). Carlos E. de M. Bicudo. 1989. TAXON. Vol. 38, Issue 1. 82-83 pp. https://doi.org/10.2307/1220898
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